Chronicles of Early Ascents of Half Dome.
Then and Now: Northeast slope

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Northeast slope of Half Dome without cables, in 1912, and the slope from the same angle today. Not much has changed, except for the presence of the cables. The black-and-white picture above is a detail of a photo taken by Roy O. Quesnel in 1912. The colored picture was taken by the author from the same place, almost 95 years later, in 2006.

Chronicles of Early Ascents of Half Dome