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Topic: Half Dome

Related:
  Half    Dome  
  Half    Other Half  
  Half Life    Half Price  
  Half Moon    Half Marathon  
  Half Moon Bay    Half Pipe  
  Half Baked    Geodesic Dome  

 
 
 Vital Stats
The Brain has inferred the following facts from reading text collected on the topic:
Favorite possession(s):Baseball cap
Most admires:Edmund Hillary,  Che Guevara
Favorite activity(s):Going to the beach
Favorite cartoon character(s):Bugs Bunny
Favorite royal(s):Hurrem Sultan
Interest(s):Camping,  Caving
Favorite sport(s):Mountain climbing,  Orienteering,  Hang gliding
Likes to wear:Ski gear,  Baseball cap
Favorite destination(s):California
Favorite time of year:Spring,  Summer
Membership(s):Boy scouts
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 Expert Talk
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Richard Hosking,
Paranormal Investigator

Castle Dome, which resembles Half Dome in Yosemite valley, owes its shape to this balloon-like formation process.
Anita Ganesh,
Poet

The Merced river thru Yosemite Valley is one of the most beautiful floats in the world, with glimpses of Half Dome near the beginning and intimate views of El Capitan near the end.
Billie Kirgan,
Machinist

Half Dome: The most renown granite shape in Yosemite, a 8,842 foot sheer cliff.
A drive up Glacier Point road to Glacier Point for a view of Half Dome and Yosemite Valley.
Khalid Binalshibh,
Taxi Driver

The marvels of Half Dome, El Capitan and Yosemite Valley lie just an hour and 15 minutes away through some of nature's finest handiwork.
Within 10 months of my transplant, I became the first recorded heart transplant recipient to hike to the top of Half Dome in Yosemite.
Astrid Schuhmann,
Backpacker

Back in the 1930s, adventurous skiers dreamed of putting a winter lodge at the scenic point with its spectacular views of Yosemite Valley, Half Dome and the surrounding high country.
They are not a part of the much older Andes mountain range and are a geologic oddity of a type found only in three other sites: Half Dome and El Capitan in California's Yosemite; the Fitz Roy massif in Argentina; and the Bugaboos in western Canada.
Half Dome boasts an unreal summit, 5,000' of rise from the Yosemite Valley floor and amazing views of the Yosemite and the High Sierra.
Josh Hogan,
Commander

Glacier Point is an overlook with a commanding view of Yosemite Valley, Half Dome, and the High Sierra.
Jake Farley,
Truck Driver

Atop its towering peaks you can see over a 100 miles to Half Dome in Yosemite National Park, and to Mount Lassen to the north.
Shane Kelly,
Bar Tender

It is a nice route and comparable to the DNB except nochimneys and a couple of harder moves (with great pro) Half Dome run: Hi Runners, On my last day in Yosemite I had no climbing partner.
 
 
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