Description
Book SynopsisSuccessfully hike Yosemite’s most famous landmark with the guide that helps you prepare and provides the details you need to know.
Getting to the top of Yosemite National Park’s Half Dome in California is one of America’s epic day hikes. Starting in Yosemite Valley, you’ll ascend nearly one vertical mile past two impressive waterfalls, through fragrant pine, fir, and cedar forests, then 425 feet up sheer granite on the famed steel cables to the summit, where you’ll enjoy some of the grandest views of your life. If you do it right, you’ll be back down in the valley, celebrating your accomplishment, later that evening.
While tremendously rewarding, this hike is also one of the park’s most strenuous. Here’s everything you need to know to successfully make the 15-plus-mile trek. This step-by-step guidebook by Rick Deutsch tells you exactly how to hit the trail with confidence.
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Trade Review
"This guide covers everything you could possibly need or want to know about Half Dome and how to plan a successful hike." --Merced Sun-Star, May 2012 "This book is worth purchasing and it's an easy read. Being prepared and knowing some history will make your hiking Half Dome all the more memorable." —SeeYosemite.com, April 2012
Table of Contents
FOREWORD
PREFACE
1 INTRODUCTION
2 GEOLOGY OF YOSEMITE AND HALF DOME
3 HUMANS IN YOSEMITE
4 THE ASCENT OF HALF DOME
5 PRECUATIONS
6 GETTING THERE
7 PREPARATION
8 THE HIKE
- POI 1: Mileage Marker Sign
- POI 2: Vernal Fall Bridge
- POI 3: Top of Vernal Fall
- POI 4: Silver Apron Bridge
- POI 5: Mist Trail–JMT Junction
- POI 6: Little Yosemite Valley
- POI 7: Half Dome–JMT Split
- POI 8: The Little Spring
- POI 9: Base of Sub Dome
- POI 10: Base of the Cables
- POI 11: Apex of Half Dome
- POI 12: The Little Spring—again
- POI 13: Little Yosemite Valley—again
- POI 14: Mist Trail–JMT Junction—again
- POI 15: Nevada Fall Bridge
- POI 16: Clark Point
- POI 17: Vernal Fall Bridge—again
- POI 18: Mileage Marker Sign—again
EPILOGUE
APPENDIX 1: Key Dates in Yosemite and Half Dome History
APPENDIX 2: Preventive Search and Rescue Tips
APPENDIX 3: Half Dome Hiking Accidents
APPENDIX 4: References and Information Sources
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
INDEX
