When to start half dome hike
Half Dome Hike Start to Finish
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welcome everybody von sheller family
experience we're on top of Half Dome on
the iconic diving board right now so
check out the adventure to get up here
uh yeah here we are it's about 5:30 a.m.
and now to Half Dome to do the hike see
it right behind me all right it's 6:15
and we're at the trailhead parking lot
getting ready to head out a nap don't
like
three skies it's a little windy when we
were coming down here so it's not windy
up on the blow-off so we decided we're
gonna go up the mist trail and then come
back to John Muir you got two options
and we'll do this split so you can go
John Muir all the way around or you can
go miss trail how we decided you miss
trail on the way up and John Muir on the
way back because the John Muir all the
way back it's a little more gradual
descent figure that'll be a little
easier on our knees way back rather than
coming down this trail that's typically
wet slippery and stairs and so that's
our plan for today
water is gold on this hike so make sure
you bring lots of water
it's recommended four liters minimum
which is about what we have but we do
have our filters so we can stop at the
river
fill up on the way back if we're running
low on water we just filter it so you
don't want to didn't want to drink
straight from the water the water can
have Giardia and other diseases in it
make you sick
relax
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well we're about a mile and a half in
and first of all and a half is pretty
steep so definitely woke up woke up our
legs woke up our bodies got our heart
rate going
we're at the first bridge
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all right we're at the mist trail right
about
spread two miles in
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making a climb
halfway of it
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no misty
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yeah well we did poncho up
but that feels good and even at
7:00 in the morning
that's an amazing deal
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all right we're at the top of hurdle
polls just got here up the mist trail
tickets
just over an hour two point two three
miles
do your bleachers dirty you stair climbs
because it's brutal
got our first side of Nevada falls just
above burn appalled
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all right right talking about applause
last press crews last rest stop will not
flower last rester keys so we got 2,000
foot elevation gain three point six
three miles to this point and we did it
two hours well after Nevada falls you do
a nice little hike up finding the
flattens out a little bit and what I
understand it's just gradual now until
we get to sub dome yeah so it's a good
little break I mean that first the first
haul is quite a climb you know 2,000
feet elevation gains pretty gnarly
so still got I think like 3,000 more to
go nice little easy walk now catch our
breath and first
sun's out
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sun's out guns out all right so we
flattened out after Nevada falls it had
a yeah pretty good little climb now
we're gradually climbing through the
trees to our almost three hours in forty
five hundred foot elevation five point
or twenty five foot elevation gain 2.5
miles hello five point three miles
so a couple more miles to go it's a nice
good little view of Half Dome we can see
the cables up there so that's all right
that's our goal
that's our goal
all right we just got done hiking up
we're just about to face sub dome there
as you can see see if you can see it in
the video but you see the line of people
climbing sub dome so we're gonna take a
big break at the bottom we haven't had a
break since Nevada topping Nevada falls
probably should have taking a break
right there at clouds rest why it's a
good spot for a break I recommend we're
gonna take a big long break
right before sub dome recharge and then
make the final climb all right four
hours 20 minutes in face the sub dome
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4,000 feet foot elevation gain I can't
even talk seven point seven miles
yeah we should have done a rest at that
quiet clouds rest because that was a
long haul from her
yeah yeah that was a long haul for no
topping about it falls to here so we're
gonna do
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all right going up sub dome first half
has got granite steps second half is
just rock so it's not easy that's for
sure step toe here where the cables
oh it's a job
all right we're at the rat the cables
about five hours get here 8.2 seven
miles to the bottom of cables 4,400
elevation gain and just prepping to go
up there getting our gloves out take
some pictures and make the final climb
to the top a Half Dome yeah yeah
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go ahead squeeze by you there
yeah yeah oh you don't gonna live here
alright thank you
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we go
just about to summit
yeah babe balls there
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yeah last fall you got it
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all right so it took us five hours 40
minutes 4822 feet in elevation and 8.6 1
miles who about 12 o'clock left a little
after 6:00 about 6 hours to get to the
top pretty a lot of medium pace I'd say
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what's up top a half dome check out that
view
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Chris got some moves over here with this
music here we go
heading down the cables at an amazing
time on the top
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help just got down off the cables a
little easier going down that is going
up right yeah
I glove wise I leather gloves also had
some gloves with rubber grip on him
instead of a leather pad I think the
rubber pads a little better cuz steel
cables are pretty smooth so try to get
some rubber padded ones I think they'll
stick a little better watch out for the
squirrels look into your packs all right
coming down sub dome step down coming
down is not that easy it's well just
slippery try to walk where there's not
gravel sand take it slow don't slip out
just finishing up our Steve Sam up a sub
don't tell you what going down is hard
on the knees
Sandhya's hell it's all sandy so you got
to be careful that slip is try not to
step on the edge of the rocks sand is
maybe just fine but be careful slow
going
always always keep your eyes and ears
out because remember we're in other
people's homes walk along the trail hurt
a little something and the pine needles
looked over saw this big guy cruising
right next to the trail this is their
home so them big rattlesnakes are out
and they don't want to they don't wanna
bite you think this one kind of got
close to him he didn't wanna buy it or
anything like that he just one minor
cruise on by so you leave them alone
they'll leave you alone
all right on our way down whoo so you
got two options on the way down you can
take the mist trail a lot of steps a lot
more people on it too this time he day
or you could take just keep on on the
John Muir a little bit longer not sure
how much longer it is it says four miles
from the show head back there at the top
of miss trail trail head but a little
bit easier little mellower descent so
we're gonna head to back that way
hopefully be back in about a half or so
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stop for a shower
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it's not the mist trail but
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oh let's big jobs oh good
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dang well on the final stretch back to
the truck
I watched died about a mile back so
we're somewhere around 18 plus miles
roundtrip ran around on top of Half Dome
a little bit and 5,500 feet of elevation
gain just under 12 hours or so left it's
5:35 we left it like 6:15
so we spent a good hour plus up on the
mountain up on top of Half Dome so we
got a long break the way back
we're gonna take many breaks we're
pretty much straight through the last
couple miles my knees are killing me so
definitely recommend bring an Advil
ibuprofen something because we have a
problem for sure my knees or these are
pretty banged up
so what else give me other tips 4 liters
of water went through it so definitely
for leading you or 3 3 meters right for
more
so that's like that's three and a half
liters I went through four liters so
definitely four liters of water
sunscreen sunscreen chapstick
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lots of water I mean well we snacked a
lot yeah we weren't super hundred for
meals just snacking a lot so I don't
know they will add more we get back
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this is what hiking up your halftone
does it cooked to go downstairs next day
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