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The wires leading to the top of Half Dome in the days before you needed a permit. An easy scramble (without the wires)
davidackroyd - 21/May/20
Are you saying it goes as an easy scramble if you don't use the cables? I have heard that it's a similar grade to Snake Dike without them.
John Stainforth - 21/May/20
Without the cables it is no easy scramble
frankjen - 21/May/20
I remember it as being pretty easy without needing to use the wires going up. There was hardly anybody there on a stunning September day. Coming down is quite exposed and would take a bit of time without the wire.
davidackroyd - 22/May/20
Did you climb just to the left of the cable route, or on it (without using the cables), or to the right? Or what? Genuinely intrigued. Regardless of the grade, I think it would be a serious solo.
John Stainforth - 22/May/20
Just to the left to avoid the people coming down the centre. There are two wires with wood boards placed across the rock for steps between them. I was wearing a pair of trainers. I don't remember it being any issue. Coming down I used the wires but even then you have to leave them some times to get around the people who do get scared in places.
davidackroyd - 22/May/20