half dome adventure

I'm off to Yosemite to summit Half Dome. We'll be waking up at 5am tomorrow to start a 17 mile hike (4800 ft. elevation gain) that will take us to the top of Half Dome and back.

I tried to summit Half Dome last year but was thwarted by a thunderstorm that hit right as I was on the cables. After two hours, when the storm wouldn't relent, we headed back without ever making it the last 200 feet to the top of the dome. (I was really pissed.)

The weather forecast predicts sunny weather with highs in the mid 70s, so tomorrow should be a blast.