There was a post out of its hole the week before too. I have no idea if it was the same one. The post across from it had a broken top, so both cables were loose at that location. The hiker in front of me put the post back and placed the 2x4 back in place, but the post popped back out after we passed. I was reading through the accidents page on hikehalfdome.com and it seems as if the deathsby bobarrowhead - General Discussion
At some point, individuals have to bear responsibility for the risks they undertake. I know nothing about this poor hiker, but if he was on the cables at 3:40 in a hail/rain storm, he chose poorly. As I posted on the thread about last week's incident, we started back about 2 and it started raining shortly after that. I was amazed to see the number of hikers still trudging towards Half Dome, maby bobarrowhead - General Discussion
Oops. Obvioulsy, I needed to do more "research".by bobarrowhead - General Discussion
Saturday was my first time doing the Half Dome hike. I was also surprised at the amount of people that seemed unprepared and ill equipped for the hike. I did a lot of research and working out to get ready for the hike. Even so, I was not mentally prepared for the scene at the cables when I got to the top of Quarter Dome. I got there before noon and waited for an hour for the rest of my party tby bobarrowhead - General Discussion