Also on our California trip we climbed half dome as a warm up hike for Whitney. Round trip was 18 miles. We started at about 5am. Oh, and if you like hiking and your interested in what is called 14ers then a good web site is 14ers.com.
we hiked about an hour by the first pic. (in pic one) Miles hiked 3, miles till summit 6, and miles back to car 15.

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(pic two) We hiked 5 miles. It's about 7am and we can see the summit but don't see how we are going to get there. 4 miles till summit, 13 miles back to the car.
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(pic 3)We are about to climb a false summit and then climb the last mile. The last mile is a cliff face you must climb up to the summit (and we will use cables to help us climb). One mile to summit. 10 to the car.
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(pic 4) Just started the face. It's not to steep yet but it gets worse. 2,000 feet to summit, 9 miles back to car.
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(pic 5) I don't know if you can see me but I'm standing on the edge of the cliff with a 4,000 ft drop under me.
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If you feel up to the challenge, I highly suggest this climb. It was a lot of fun and very beautiful to see Gods creation. It brings your mind off of worldly things and allows you to see just how big our God is.