Half Dome Cables
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ก.ย. 2024
- After 12 hours of hiking 14.6 miles and an elevation gain of 4,800 feet, I completed Half Dome via Mist Trail in Yosemite National Park, California, one of the most challenging day hikes in the US. The summit towers at 8,839 feet making climbing difficult to breathe. No harness.
Recorded on GoPro 12 Black in 5.3K 16:9 60fp
This footage is probably the most realistic of what it's actually like to go up the cables. I did the hike back in 2019, and my biggest mistake was trying to go up the cables way too quickly. I got fatigued, and actually had to stop for a few minutes. (Everyone behind me was incredibly cool and patient and they enjoyed the break... lol.) Looks like you're taking your time - which is really the best way to do it. You just have to go slow. It actually takes an incredible amount of strength to pull yourself up, and the incline is definitely steeper than what they bill it as. It's interesting hearing that girl psych herself out. It's easy to do that. But for anyone wanting to do this, just take your time on the cables and go slow. That rock ain't going anywhere. For what it's worth I found it much, much easier going down.
Fear and stress make it seem steeper
This video really gives a good sense of the steep angle. I could go up but would have a real challenge going down.
Wingsuit!
Christ, I’ve climbed the thing and that stressed me out. Would not want all those people panicking and turning around by me. Having to wait on the steep middle 🤦🏼♂️ I was lucky and went up behind a group of young European guys that looked liked they’d been prancing around the Alps their whole life. Glad you all made it. Great work!
Thank you! I waited at the bottom and stared at this for a solid 30 minutes before working up the courage to do it. Having people panic and turn around in front of me really didn't help 😂 You def had a lucky experience!
I’m here after I’ve heard about that girl who fell and died climbing down this rock recently. Omg! Too steep! Why do you guys do it? That rock is too smooth to walk on without sliding. Do you wear special shoes? People should not climb that rock not ready, no proper training, no safety equipment. It’s not safe for other climbers.
I wore Altra Lone Peak trail running shoes. Having good gloves, and grip strength is enough since you can compensate for poor footwear by relying on your cable grip. I did this hike on June 28th, before that fatal fall happened.
What do you think the angle is on the last part of the climb to the summit? 35, 40 degrees?
@@earldriskill3505The last part of this video I'd estimate 50-55. At the top of the climb the angle relaxes a bit as the summit rounds off, I'd say that was 30.
@@HyperLightDrifting That is steep there, but thank you.
A lanyard to grasp onto, so if you fall, you're safe.
I can’t do it. I have severe fear of heights. Bless you! Stay safe!
Sometimes our fears are for a reason 😊
I would definitly use the harness
i actually found it easier to go on the outside of the cables since the ground was less worn
I can't believe I saw one man without gloves.
Most Gloves do not improve your grip; and if you skip it is harder to grab it well.
I have never used gloves.
And it it is ignorant technique to pull yourself up; push with your legs and body strait towards the top of the sky.
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20:14 are we having fun yet?
The beginning of this video is the scariest most horrible thing I have seen.
The beginning before the slats is easy
why should one risk hike this dome, anyway? Life is more precious!!
True. Pretty sketchy
Why doesn't the public park agency, provide harnesses/hooks, like they do at Chinas cliff plank?
The history of the cables tells us it was never to be a tourist attraction for children etc.
I am beginning to believe this is a bad idea for anyone.
Were you more fatigued by having to wait on others vs being able to go up without a crowd? That’s one of the main reasons I haven’t attempted the half dome. The idea of being stuck behind others for long periods of time is so incredibly stressful to even ponder.
Although I needed breaks to try to catch my breath, I wasn't able to continue climbing at my own pace because of the traffic. I think the feeling of being trapped on the line puts unnecessary stress and fatigue on the climb. I read you can start the trail before the sun comes up and you'll get to the cables before the majority of people reach it.
@@HyperLightDrifting I had a few friends that climbed and started at 4:00 am. Because of that, they were the first ones up. She said they had only been up there (summit) an hour and by the time they were heading back down, the cables were already getting clogged. Beautiful videography by the way.
@@elizabethtraynham6840but the hike in the dark!
@@teresacorrigan3076 they had headlamps and flashlights. The sun was rising by the time they got to Nevada Falls, and had a beautiful sky by the time they got up to the summit. I wish I could post their photos here. It’s unbelievable!
@@elizabethtraynham6840 thank you
This is a very simple slab scramble that can be done without the cable. Seeing this beautiful mountain with garbage drilled into it and littered with dumb tourists who have no business being there really breaks my heart... It's pretty gross.
It is hard fourth class/ easy fifth class without the cables.
And the difference of climbing rubber and hiking/ running shoes on your feet is considerable.
And the first ascent was done with drilled supports
Most every rock face in Yosemite has garbage drilled into it. But, as the daughter of Yosemite climbers ( with stories!) I can tell you I'd feel much safer roped in on a proper climb with reliable mates and professional equipment than relying on overused poles stuck into the granite, and human freeway conditions. And why aren't more of these folks wearing proper climbing shoes?
@@LaraSierra28 I also raise the proper shoes on these posts; like Guide Tennies that are approach shoes with real climbing rubber on the soles. I have used them to approach Snake Dike on the other side; climb that route; descend the cables; hike out; and never feel insecure on rock or trail.
And that included doing a rescue in a storm of some climbers on Snake Dike ; so they grip wet rock pretty good as well.
And proper techniques are also important.
It is never more than 45 degrees in angle; and the first part being filmed you can.walk without the cables
After fact checking myself, I found that according to hikingguy and StarCircleAcademy that the steepest section of the cables is roughly 45 degrees and immediately right of the cables is approximately 65 degrees. The stress and vastness of the surroundings might've given me a false memory of how steep it was.
@@HyperLightDrifting that is the way fear/stress/getting tired/medication can induce vertigo.
Nope