Yosemite Trip 1998

Photos taken on our trip to Yosemite National Park, California.

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Upper and lower Yosemite falls, viewed from the valley floor. We took the short walk to the base of these falls after our afternoon arrival in Yosemite.

My brother Danny and I sitting on a bench. We're on a short walk in the valley.

The day of our big hike. We planned on getting to the top of Half Dome, a long hike, especially for us, since we're staying quite a ways away from the valley floor, at the old Wawona Hotel. This is the first bridge on our hike up the Mist trail. We're just getting started, and still energetic. It's a hot day, but we have our water filter, so we've got plenty to drink.

A strange plant we saw near Half Dome. Maybe it's a fungus of some kind?

This is as close to Half Dome as we got. We simply ran out of energy and ran out of time. It was a very long hike as it was, and we just made it back in time to get some food at the cafeteria. You can see Half Dome in the background, and you can see just how exhausted we were. Anne-Lise is holding Mitch, a little sand-stuffed frog she carried up.

The view from the above vantage point. It was truly spectacular. The air was noticeably thinner.

Our way back down was different. We crossed the top of the Nevada fall, which is where this picture was taken. From there, we took the John Muir trail down. This is a slow route, more for horses than for hikers, but it probably saved our knees a lot of wear and tear. Anne-Lise very much wanted to get to the cable portion of the hike: the part that actually goes up the rock face. I doubt my vertigo would let me do that part, but I was eager to find out. Maybe next time we'll camp in the upper valley and make an assault on the dome the next day.

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	Upper and lower Yosemite falls, viewed from the valley floor. We took the short walk to the base of these falls after our afternoon arrival in Yosemite.
	My brother Danny and I sitting on a bench. We're on a short walk in the valley.
	The day of our big hike. We planned on getting to the top of Half Dome, a long hike, especially for us, since we're staying quite a ways away from the valley floor, at the old Wawona Hotel. This is the first bridge on our hike up the Mist trail. We're just getting started, and still energetic. It's a hot day, but we have our water filter, so we've got plenty to drink.
	A strange plant we saw near Half Dome. Maybe it's a fungus of some kind?
	This is as close to Half Dome as we got. We simply ran out of energy and ran out of time. It was a very long hike as it was, and we just made it back in time to get some food at the cafeteria. You can see Half Dome in the background, and you can see just how exhausted we were. Anne-Lise is holding Mitch, a little sand-stuffed frog she carried up.
	The view from the above vantage point. It was truly spectacular. The air was noticeably thinner.
	Our way back down was different. We crossed the top of the Nevada fall, which is where this picture was taken. From there, we took the John Muir trail down. This is a slow route, more for horses than for hikers, but it probably saved our knees a lot of wear and tear. Anne-Lise very much wanted to get to the cable portion of the hike: the part that actually goes up the rock face. I doubt my vertigo would let me do that part, but I was eager to find out. Maybe next time we'll camp in the upper valley and make an assault on the dome the next day.