Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/09/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have wanted to do the Half Dome hike for a couple of years. It's tough to schedule since a) our eldest daughter is in college year round and only comes home briefly every 3 months or so and she really wants to go too (*), and b) they now require permits to hike the last 400 ft (via cable) and they are hard to obtain. Well, with luck have it, I have gotten 3 permits for this Wednesday at the last moment. So we are planning to leave here ~3AM. We may or may not make it to the top. We will turn around ~2PM. Fortunately, it's just 2 days past full moon so we will have some leeway on the way down. Wish us luck. We do have good hiking boots, and will bring lots of water and snacks. BUT MOST importantly :-), I will have my camera - most like the XPan II with ~7-10 rolls of film. The M9 may be a bit lighter and no film, but I think I will be kicking myself for not using the panoramic camera. Wish us luck!!! I hope we will make it to at least as far as Nevada Fall and hopefully to the top of Half Dome. (*) She is getting some cold feet with stories of people falling off rocks. -- // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.com/blog/> // richard's personal photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all previous replies in your msgs. ]