Half Dome
Jeff and I decided that it was time to hike up Half Dome. We got up early on Saturday morning and drove to Yosemite, parked at Glacier Point and started our journey. The sites along the way to Half Dome were amazing. Here are some photos of the day:
We started on the Panorama Trail at Glacier Point. Above is a picture of Jeff with Half Dome in the background. This trail was a lot of down hill switchbacks and then we climbed back up hill to the top of Nevada Falls and then followed another trail to Half Dome.
The neat thing about the Panorama Trail was that we got to see Half Dome from a ton of angles.
There were many times when I told Jeff to leave me behind and go, but we was very encouraging and we moved along. There were also a few people along the way that we talked to and they encouraged me to keep trucking along. The most difficult part of the trip while going up was the last 900 feet. There is about 500 feet of granite "steps" followed by 400 feet of pulling yourself up cables. The picture below shows the line of people ascending up the cables of Half Dome.
We were very happy to make it to the top. While we were climbing the cables, we were behind some slow people and it took way longer then it should have to get to the top. I was completely exhausted! We ate lunch on top and enjoyed the views... 
We stayed up on top of Half Dome for about 45 minutes and then had to start our climb down. (There was only a few hours left of sunlight.) The climb down was a little easier then climbing up, but it was still a little scarey...
Above is Jeff getting ready to climb down. The pictures below show people climbing down the cables. It gives you the idea of what we were climbing down!
We hiked down to Nevada Falls without stopping and then Jeff hiked back to Glacier Point and I proceeded down to Yosemite Valley. I wouldn't have made it the additional 4 miles that Jeff had to go. In the end we both climbed around 20+ miles. We met at Curry Village and drove back to Stockton. It was an amazing day and my body is quite sore today.
We started on the Panorama Trail at Glacier Point. Above is a picture of Jeff with Half Dome in the background. This trail was a lot of down hill switchbacks and then we climbed back up hill to the top of Nevada Falls and then followed another trail to Half Dome.
The neat thing about the Panorama Trail was that we got to see Half Dome from a ton of angles.There were many times when I told Jeff to leave me behind and go, but we was very encouraging and we moved along. There were also a few people along the way that we talked to and they encouraged me to keep trucking along. The most difficult part of the trip while going up was the last 900 feet. There is about 500 feet of granite "steps" followed by 400 feet of pulling yourself up cables. The picture below shows the line of people ascending up the cables of Half Dome.
We were very happy to make it to the top. While we were climbing the cables, we were behind some slow people and it took way longer then it should have to get to the top. I was completely exhausted! We ate lunch on top and enjoyed the views... 
We stayed up on top of Half Dome for about 45 minutes and then had to start our climb down. (There was only a few hours left of sunlight.) The climb down was a little easier then climbing up, but it was still a little scarey...
Above is Jeff getting ready to climb down. The pictures below show people climbing down the cables. It gives you the idea of what we were climbing down!
We hiked down to Nevada Falls without stopping and then Jeff hiked back to Glacier Point and I proceeded down to Yosemite Valley. I wouldn't have made it the additional 4 miles that Jeff had to go. In the end we both climbed around 20+ miles. We met at Curry Village and drove back to Stockton. It was an amazing day and my body is quite sore today. posted by Jeff and Heidi | 6:26 PM
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Looks like you guys had a great time, congrats on making it to the top!
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