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IMG_4725.JPG2 viewsFinally we are on or way heading southeast up the Lyell Fork of the Tuolumne River. This is the first day of our loop backpack.
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IMG_4728.JPG2 viewsPerhaps 3 1/2 miles or so along the Lyell Fork from Tuolumne Meadows. Our turnoff, and steeper climbing is at mile 6.
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IMG_4850.JPG2 viewsThe author on the summit of Half Dome.
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IMG_4864.JPG2 viewsExfoliating granite on the south face of The Cockscomb; Cathedral Range, from .08 miles south of 9700' Cathedral Pass.
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IMG_4513.JPG2 viewsThe formations became more interesting as we hiked north.
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IMG_4645.JPG2 viewsThe Professor dubbed these stacked formations 'the coins'.
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