Sign at the junction of the John Muir Trail and the Half Dome trail at 3 a.m., 3 hours into the hike
Cables that go from the saddle to the top of Half Dome
Looking back from the cables at hikers coming down to the saddle
Early morning
Tim
Me being pensive (in a posed sort of way)
Tim walking the plank
It's coming!
Watching the watchers
Sunrise, finally!
The sunrise crew
Yep! More sunrise
And another, but portrait
Practicing my jump at 8500 feet
First sight of the whole sun
Taking in the beauty
Sunrise over Clouds Rest
Our friendly neighborhood marmot
The smoke that made the sunrise so pretty
On the road again...
Tim on the cables
Tim just about at the bottom
The pile of choose-your-own-adventure gloves at the bottom of the cables
Sun poking up above the saddle
Looking back at the cables
Shafts of light hitting Watkins Pinnacles
Tim on the way down
Beautiful redwoods
Forest
Nevada Fall
Merced River below Nevada Fall
Trail down from Emerald Pool (glad I didn't have to build that!)
Rainbow at the bottom of Vernal Fall
Tim in front of Vernal Fall
Amazing rainbow on the aptly-named Mist Trail
Mist Trail
Vernal Fall
Trail up to Vernal Fall
Merced River
Tim sitting on a bear box back at the parking lot, probably pondering bear safety
