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  2. Half Dome - Wikipedia

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    Half Dome is a quartz monzonite batholith at the eastern end of Yosemite Valley in Yosemite National Park, California. It is a well-known rock formation in the park ...

  3. Geology of the Yosemite area - Wikipedia

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    Half Dome rises more than 4,737 ft (1,444 m) above the valley floor. 10 million years ago, vertical movement along the Sierra fault started to uplift the Sierra Nevada. [2] Subsequent tilting of the Sierra block and the resulting accelerated uplift of the Sierra Nevada increased the gradient of western-flowing streams. The streams consequently ...

  4. Monolith, the Face of Half Dome - Wikipedia

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    Monolith, the Face of Half Dome, Yosemite National Park, California is a black and white photograph taken by Ansel Adams in 1927 that depicts the western face of Half Dome in Yosemite, California. In the foreground of the photo, viewers are able to see the texture and detail of the rock as well as the background landscape of pine trees and the ...

  5. Batholith - Wikipedia

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    Half Dome, a quartz monzonite monolith in Yosemite National Park and part of the Sierra Nevada Batholith. A batholith (from Ancient Greek bathos 'depth' and lithos 'rock') is a large mass of intrusive igneous rock (also called plutonic rock), larger than 100 km 2 (40 sq mi) in area, [1] that forms from cooled magma deep in the Earth's crust.

  6. Yosemite’s Half Dome cables are dangerous. Here’s why they ...

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    The Half Dome cables are something I used to write about (and experience firsthand) with some frequency. In 2010, as a solution for overcrowding when permits were being considered, I suggested ...

  7. Regular Northwest Face of Half Dome - Wikipedia

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    The Regular Northwest Face of Half Dome was the first Grade VI big wall climbing route in the United States. It was first climbed in 1957 by a team consisting of Royal Robbins, Mike Sherrick, and Jerry Gallwas. Its current aid climbing rating is VI 5.9 A1 or 5.12 for the free climbing variation. [1]

  8. Skydiving at 92, Half Dome at 93. Hiker talks about his climb ...

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    They began the hike to Half Dome at 5 in the morning, donning headlamps after a breakfast of oatmeal. By the time they made it to a section called "Subdome," known for its steep granite-hewn ...

  9. George Anderson (mountaineer) - Wikipedia

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    George G. Anderson (1839 – May 8, 1884) [3] was a Scottish mountaineer who is best known for making the first ascent to the summit of Half Dome in Yosemite National Park in California, United States on October 12, 1875. [1] During the climb, he drilled the holes which, after 1919, came to house the cables of the popular route up Half Dome.