A close view of Half Dome reveals the face of “Tis-si-ak.” Josiah Whitney declared the summit “perfectly inaccessible” in 1869. If he only knew. Today Half Dome attracts up to 50,000 climbers per year who relish the challenge and rewards of summiting the picturesque mountain towering over Yosemite Valley. Ahwahneechee called the mountain “Tis-si-ak” after an Indian woman of legend; on its steepest side, they saw her face and her tears. More than…
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