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Nice work Bob!

johnr wrote:

thephotomatt wrote:Very random, I know...but does anyone happen to know the approximate width of the cables on Half Dome?

The cable back in 2003. I'd say it's somewhere between five-eighths and three-quarters of an inch in diameter.

I just called the ranger at the Park Service. She said the cables are one inch thick.

kenrw wrote:

johnr wrote:

thephotomatt wrote:Very random, I know...but does anyone happen to know the approximate width of the cables on Half Dome?

The cable back in 2003. I'd say it's somewhere between five-eighths and three-quarters of an inch in diameter.

I just called the ranger at the Park Service. She said the cables are one inch thick.

Heh. Well, maybe they changed and upgraded the cables since then (though I doubt it highly). Because if they haven't then my thumb in that photo is about 2 inches in diameter, and my closed fist almost six inches across! Makes me feel like a real ham-fisted giant. And here I thought I was just a tall skinny hiker dude...

I would highly doubt that any ranger you could get a hold of by phone would have an accurate idea. I'd bet she took a swag at it. If those cables had been 1" I don't think I'd have had the strength to lift them off the rock.

Last weekend it was 100% snow free.

> Last weekend it was 100% snow free.

The Yosemite high country got a foot+ of new snow midweek.
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