Hiking Half Dome During the Rim Fire

I had a permit this weekend to hike Half Dome at Yosemite.
The day before we arrived, the park was clear, but by the time we arrived, the smoke and ash started to roll in. Tons of people cancelled their reservations, thus the trail was fairly empty.

Enjoy the smoky shots. I wonder how many years of my life I just lost by hiking in a giant bonfire.

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Looks like you made good of a tough situation. I especially love the last one. Well done!

I had two trips to Yosemite and Mammoth scheduled for the past month and cancelled them due to the Aspen fire and then the Rim fire. I figured that since I wouldn't be fighting fires I might as well stay home. I really miss not getting up there, but don't miss breathing all that smoke and ash.

What the heck is that in picture #2?

Wow, that was some pretty bad smoke!

Bryan

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What the heck is that in picture #2?

Pretty sure that's some lovely lady's hair

That isn't a woman's hair. That is a shot of a rarely photographed Yoseyeti. They normally only come out at night to raid campers tents. This one must have been really hungry.

That last one made my grab onto my chair, lol.wow!~

Great shots! Hope the smoke and ash didn't take any time off of you or your camera's lives.

Love the last one, wow!

Brave. I go up to Glacier Point frequently & watch folks hiking up The Dome but I have stayed away since the valley filled with smoke. Love your last shot as well. So cool.

Wow, nasty smoke.

thanks for the comments!

i wonder what the climber was thinking? im sure she couldnt see the top or the bottom while she was climbing up in the smoke.