...Besides the popular wet Mist Trail along the Merced River, there are 2 other 1/2 Dome approach options: the horse and hiker ZIG ZAGS from Happy isles, and the PANORAMA TRAIL FROM GLACIER POINT. Going up or downhill i recommend the easier ZIG ZAGS horse and hiker trail, as old people complain for years about all the down steps from Nevada Falls and Vernal Falls. If you meet a string of horses, stand STILL on the uphill not cliff side, horses spook easily and are much heavier and stronger than you! Poisonous rattlesnakes are rare compared to H.Hetchy, but look and listen for the rattle! Black bears are more active at night but in Spring come into the Valley to eat grass in the meadows, so STAY OUT OF THE MEADOWS IN SPRING! Stay on trails, wear a small bell, carry pepper spray, do Not ever approach bears! (There is a hospital in Yosemite Valley.) Highly recommend use water bladder and shoulder hose to sip water frequently from Valley free taps. Water bottles work best in cars. If you are a newbie or afraid of heights, go up the cables 10-20 yards, turn around, and see how descending face downhill feels. People do fall and die, tally a big secret!! At the top if Fear hits, descend backwards on the R side or rope up with a friend just ahead of you, 2 cheap swami belts(rock climbing harness is too $ and too complicated for this, put on wrong you can fall and Die) of 3 wraps tubular webbing, a front water knot with at least 6" tails, 2 biners on a 3-6 ft length of kernmantle REI rope(while there ,get a 6ft length of 9-11mm to practice knots like bowline, etc.)Many ppl do freeze-up on the way down...i walk in front so they can lean against my back. Suggest walking sticks at chest not waist length.;) "Happy trails..." as Roy Rogers sang on 50s tv show!
The dangers posed to everyday tourists demonstrates the lack of concern, professionalism of the ParkService. The onus is on the individual who steps beyond signed limits at the falls or on trails, but this reflects the sheer stupidity of park administration.
Don’t go unless you are sold on going to the top. You must me mentally sold on the top. If your not, you are putting your life and that if other on the line. Damn idiots crapping there pants 1/10 of the way up.
After doing this I urge hikers: bring very sticky gloves & grippy hiking boots. Maybe consider a via ferrata climbing kit, and DO NOT ATTEMPT IF IT IS WET. We tried to beat a storm cell up there and halfway up (the steepest part) it started misting and the surface of the dome became extremely difficult to get any traction on. My gloves also weren’t sticky enough, so after making it down from halfway up I grabbed a pair of gloves that other hikers had left on the sub dome and went back up when it was dry, making it to the top. The difference with good gloves & a dry half dome was night & day from my first experience when I thought I might die. Be safe.
I was 16 when I did this hike up half dome with tennis shoes and a canteen of water. I was in great shape, not hard for me at all. Looking at it now, OMG! I had no idea it was so steep!
1986. Arrived at Yosemite around 2AM on Monday morning; had all permits and slept in truck bed; departed on trail at 7 AM; Base camp for night at falls, left around 6AM to hit HD. NO CROWDS after the weekend. Met a hiker coming out as we were heading up, and he was smiling, when I asked why, he said all he had been "thinking about pizza and beer" for a week up there.
There has been a major change for this hike since this video was posted on RU-vid. A permit is now required for this hike. The number of permits issued in one day is limited in order to prevent the huge crowds that once existed both on the trail, especially on the cable portion of the hike. Check the Yosemite National Park website for details: www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/hdpermits.htm A preseason lottery is used for most of the permits, however a daily lottery is also available. ****This is a hike that requires advanced planning.****
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OK...I climbed Half Dome back in the 80's and it was not that bad! I'm even afraid of heights and I made it. Coming back down was much easier than going up.
Watching the hikers queued up on the cable stairs reminds me of the picture of prospectors on Golden Staircase of Chilkoot pass. Half Dome is often underestimated by hikers, especially those with no experience in the Sierra. UV exposure, dry air, altitude, and elevation gain will all conspire to kick your butt. I've done it in August when it's hot too. Making the summit is awesome though. I have never had that many people on the cable stairs, but I have found the mist trail stairs up Vernal Falls to be tricky because they are very wet and tourists often want to push past you. Last time up, my wife and I took the JMT down as it was getting dark quickly. Both of us were thinking about the possibility of running into a bear, but not saying anything. We rounded a switchback and came face to face with a mule deer; it scared the crap out of us and the mule deer.
We sat and watch a few go up; enjoying maple syrup and jelly packets (from restaurants); gave us the uummppfff we needed to get to the top quick - then the crowd showed up after a couple hours of peace. We took the OUTSIDE on the cable going down with no problem, since the UPS were blocking the entire inner cable.
Tourists ruin everywhere by all going in huge numbers at once to beauty spots. I would hate this walk simply because every other tom dick and harry is doing it as well. Nothing exclusive about it whatsoever. I prefer NOT to go anywhere popular, and in the UK there are plenty great places you can go where nobody else is about. People are sheep, they all visit the obvious places thinking they are special by doing so. I don’t mix with those sort of people and I don’t post photos online to show off either. Grotesque.
My advice for this comment section is don't use this comment section for advice. I've backpacked/camped hiked a good 100 days in the Sierras over the past 4 years and for every good piece of information here there is something that is flat out wrong.
@@Toppradd you wear rubber-coated gloves on the cables, so you slide down really slowly. Plus if you’re really that scared of this hike you can just clip in.
You have to walk the razors edge once in your lifetime, take that chance. I am terrified of heights BUT I've done a military jump course and have parachuted from airplanes and helicopters. I didn't have to but I did. You have to step outside your safe zone to discover your limits.
I found out at age 39 that I was afraid of heights, after never being so before. I got halfway up a fire watch tower on top of a mountain and my body just froze and went numb. I literally couldn't go on. Even getting down was tough. Apparently late onset fear of heights isn't super unusual. I can't imagine that happening to someone on half dome.
I slept on Halfdome back before this would be considered illegal... I was 14. With a couple of my older brothers friends... Used a rock as a pillow and slept in one of the rock stacked circles... ARE THOSE STILL THERE? saw a Marmount on top... The views from Halfdome are awesome. I highly recommend the hike. “ little Italy” the section just before the cables probably the most challenging part. The cables were not a big deal... the rush of being that close will carry you through. If your out of shape or terrified of heights it can be an issue.
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