Bridalveil Falls
Bridalveil water falls one foot for each Biblical commanment; for...
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Lower Yosemite Falls
While water might plunge over 2400 feet down Yosemite Falls, one of...
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Giant Sequoia
Tuolumne Grove, western edge of Yosemite. Giant sequoias can live 3000 years,...
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Cleopatra,
had she visited the Golden State, would have seen this aged sequoia as a mere...
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Half-Dome from the Valley
Half-Dome, at 8,842 feet, rises 4,733 feet above its base and some 4,842 feet...
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Vernal Falls
The first view of our first falls from the Mist Trail around 7 am, 30 August,...
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Craig at Vernal Falls
Vernal Falls drops 317 feet.
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Vernal Falls
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Sunrise on the Mist Trail
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Daniel Vernal Falls
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Nevada Falls
The Merced River, the very same one in which I later swim, falls nearly 600...
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The Backside of Half-Dome
Beyond the falls we reach Little Yosemite Valley, from which we are afforded...
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Craig, Little Yosemite Valley
Here we start to wonder just how we're going to climb this thing.
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Craig and Daniel
A nice spot to stop: we're above Little Yosemite Valley, just below the...
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Half-Dome's side
This picture, taken from the same spot as the previous one, shows our route.
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North Dome
Elevation 7,542 feet.
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The intimidating Half-Dome climb
See that steep shoulder just before the granite curves off to the right?...
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Grouse, I believe!
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The shoulder's steps and switchbacks
Here's a picture of the switch-backed steps on Half-Dome's shoulder;...
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The infamous cables: the final push
This picture was Worldisround's photo of the week (I don't...
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Craig and cables
I snapped this shot, tightened my boots, placed my hands in my gloves,...
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Craig at the summit
8,842 ft. Craig, who started up only to come down, regrouped and...
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Exhaustion at the top
'twas one and ninety degrees here, around midday, above the trees,...
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Stroking two birds with one hand
Flexing muscles and shooting the scene.
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The football fields
Looking up from the valley one would never guess it but the top of...
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Views
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That's quite a drop!
stunning view from the top.
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Craig
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Take II
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The valley
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nearly a mile below
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Cables
They look more innocuous in this shot than in the preceding two. The...
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This was my view, 400 feet below
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Our sometime sister, now our queen
the imperial jointress--
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Atop Nevada Falls
Craig returned via the Mist Trail, the way we ascended; I took the John Muir...
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The nascent falls
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Nevada Falls and view
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Liberty Cap
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Half-Dome, Liberty Cap, Nevada Falls
From left.
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Liberty Cap and Half-Dome
Despite the view, Half-Dome actually stands taller.
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Nevada Falls
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At Nevada Falls
Craig, on the Mist Trail, missed the best views of 594 foot tall Nevada Falls...
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Wildflowers on the Muir Trail
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Half-Dome's back
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Nevada Falls
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Resting, we admire our Dome
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El Capitan, Half-Dome, and company
31 August.
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The Three Brothers
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A buck!
In Grizzly Giant's bosom, Mariposa Sequoia Grove, southern border of...
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The buck and Grizzly Giant
Sequoias have extensive root-systems that stretch many feet in all...
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Grizzly Giant
This named behemoth of the land is 2700 years old. One of these branches (at...
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Giant Sequoias
Near Galen Clark's cabin. Clark, in his forties, having been told...
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Craig at Wawona Point
At 6,810 feet, Wawona Point lies above the Mariposa Grove and looks below on...
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more giant sequoias
In 1864, half a century ahead of his time, Abraham Lincoln signed legislation...
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Craig provides the scale
It was John Muir, who, a quarter century later, convinced Congress (or so I...
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Half-Dome from Washburn Point
On the road to heralded (and lower) Glacier Point is this stunning view. The...
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Royal Arches from Glacier Point
This view is taken from 3,000 feet above; thanks to the zoom you can hardly...
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Hetch-Hetchy
Where to start here! San Franciscans drink this water, the melt of glaciers....
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