Re: This is NOT the Diving Board

Scolded these folks.

http://www.gazette.com/articles/yosemite_28100___article.html/ghiglieri_park.html

The Diving Board is on the west and way down from the top of Half Dome. The rock outcropping hanging over the valley is called "The Visor."

End Rant.

Hmmm...
Sounds like something that should be on that iPod podcast!


Also heard the Dome immediately east of Half Dome being
called Quarter Dome a bit too many times for my liking also...

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Everything I know I learned from

Quarter Domes is the official name of the domes between Half Dome and Clouds Rest.

bill-e-g correctly talking about people saying the steep approach section to get to the cables is wrongly called quarter dome by alot of newbs . . . quarter dome(s) themselves are seldom visited . i;ve also seen the visor referred to as "the devil's diving board" (huh?) . i've been to the real diving board twice so i applaud the thread .

It is interesting that Mt. Broderick is considered a mount and Half Dome is merely a dome.

Excuse me while I shade my dome with my Liberty Cap (oh wait this cap says "Western Pacific Feather River Route"

Vince wrote:
> It is interesting that Mt. Broderick is considered a mount and
> Half Dome is merely a dome.

Mount Half Dome? Mount Half? Half Mount? Mount Dome/2?

> Excuse me while I shade my dome with my Liberty Cap

Liberty Cap deserves more respect too. How about Liberty Hat?
8^)

I've seen the visor called the diving board so often that unless it's someone pretty familiar with Yosemite, I assume they mean the visor anyway.

As far as the small dome which is host to Satan's staircase, I've heard it called Sub-dome and have assumed it's OK...it makes sense and it's pretty clear what is meant. Quarter Dome never made any sense to me. I think it was from the book "Shattered Air" that I picked up the sub-dome name, but have seen it elsewhere and people always seem to know what I mean. Is there another absolutely-correct(er) name?

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Gary
Yosemite Photo Galleries: http://www.pbase.com/roberthouse/yo

(eeek) nice "giga" or whatever/however they got that view . incredible image !

Incredible website. Thanks for sharing eeek. I also love the timelapse of the valley, very cool.

http://xrez.com/services/timelap/xRez_timelap.html

an old postcard I have says:

"The overhanging rock at Glacier Point was a favorite spot for daredevil stunts in Yosemite many years ago. Visitor Antonio Gillette must have topped them all with this back flip in 1903"
"Published by Flying Spur Press, Box 278, Yosemite, California, 95389"

Looks like there was a wooden platform or something constructed on top of the rock. The platform is gone, and if you climb over the railing at the west end of the Glacier Point overlook, you can walk out to the overhang. In the middle of the night about 15 years ago, I crawled out there, hung my legs over the edge and had a breathtaking contemplation of the valley far below. I guess this will always be my own personal Yosemite "Diving Board". (Not that it should ever be used for diving!)



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