July 9, 2019
Day 3 was a short hiking day. It seemed we climbed out of Echo Valley up 5miles to the Junction of Clouds Rest Trail, Half Dome, and the trail back to the Valley. To be able to hike to Half Dome with only 2.5 miles left. We set up camp, hung out, ate lunch, then started our hike around 4 pm. It took us a while to get there due to the elevation gain, but it was a great hike. As we got closer and, closer Half Dome came into sight. Crazy and scary, we climbed up Sub-Dome with some significant hand-made steps that were sketchy at best. The last part of Sub-Dome was dangerous; you had to scurry up the side with no steps to climb up to the base of Half Dome. As I got to the top and the cables and Half Dome was on view. All I could say was holy crap.