El Capitan Base Hike

2024-09-29 12.11.34 This is Tunnel View - a classic, and completely amazing, first view of Yosemite Valley. El Capitan is up close on the left. Half Dome is in the distance in the...
This is Tunnel View - a classic, and completely amazing, first view of Yosemite Valley. El Capitan is up close on the left. Half Dome is in the distance in the…
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img_5989 The view from the meadow. It's staggering to consider that people climb this and, in the case of only Alex Honnold, do it free solo. How?!?
The view from the meadow. It's staggering to consider that people climb this and, in the case of only Alex Honnold, do it free solo. How?!?
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2024-09-29 13.24.38 The crazy thing is that it's only a ½ mile hike from the main Yosemite Valley road to the base of El Capitan's vertical wall.
The crazy thing is that it's only a ½ mile hike from the main Yosemite Valley road to the base of El Capitan's vertical wall.
2024-09-29 13.30.52 We spotted some climbers hundreds of feet above us. You can easily see their rope, but it's trickier to spot the two climbers in this picture.
We spotted some climbers hundreds of feet above us. You can easily see their rope, but it's trickier to spot the two climbers in this picture.
2024-09-29 13.34.59 Kathryn beginning her free solo attempt on El Capitan. Unfortunately she never got her left foot off the ground.
Kathryn beginning her free solo attempt on El Capitan. Unfortunately she never got her left foot off the ground.
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img_5997 The view from the meadow where the spotter scopes are setup to watch the climbers. Supposedly there was somebody on the upper section, which looks completely...
The view from the meadow where the spotter scopes are setup to watch the climbers. Supposedly there was somebody on the upper section, which looks completely…
2024-09-29 14.44.18 Lounging in the slow-flowing Merced River.
Lounging in the slow-flowing Merced River.