snake_dike_sept_2011 Photo Gallery by Sam Freeburn at pbase.com

On September 17th, Tom, Jon, John, and I climbed the Snake Dike route up the Southwest face of Half Dome. The approach to the climb is 6 miles of hiking, scrambling, bolder hopping and bush whacking for an elevation gain of 3700 feet.
The climb is 8 pitches from 5.5 to 5.7 up a natural dike for about 800 vertical feet of climbing.
Then a long walk up a steep slab to the top on Half dome.
Lastly from the summit, a trip down the Half Dome cables and a 9 mile hike out that drops in elevation 4800 feet.

tom - our leader	half dome	snake dike
top of half dome	climber dudes	mist trail
yep we are ready	gap betweeb mount broderick and liberty cap	tom leading the way
view of nevada falls	finding our way	scrambling
jon somewhere on the approach	somewhere on the approach	lost lake and southwest base of half dome
south side of half dome	working our way up	john and sam
tom getting ready to scramble	on half dome shoulder	snake dike base
heading up the 1st pitch	1st pitch continued	top of 1st pitch
2nd pitch	3rd pitch	top of 3rd pitch
jon on the end of the rope	up on the dike	tom
jon	a view down snake dike	jon
climbing up the dike	more climbing	sam
top of 6th or 7th pitch	climber dudes	belay station
taking a break	walk up to the smmit	john near the summit
tom near the summit	memorial on the summit	jon on the summit
looking for the half dome cables	down the cables	view of tenaya canyon

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The Third Side		31-Oct-2011 01:28
Nice gallery. That route looks fun. Lots of slab and thin pro.

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