High Sierra Trip 2003
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	Day 3, leaving for Yosemite Valley (14 miles away) before dawn
	
	
	
	
	
	
	Merced Lake
	
	
	
	
	
	The beginning of the Merced River as it leaves Merced Lake
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	3 miles down, 11 miles to go
	
	
	
	
	
	Descending into a granite canyon
	
	
	
	
	
	Mt Cloudsrest
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	View upstream
	
	
	
	
	
	
	Back towards Vogelsang
	
	
	
	
	
	Descending to the stream
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	Rear of Half Dome from Little Yosemite Valley
	
	
	
	
	
	
	Enjoying the Merced River
	
	
	
	
	
	Looking across to Glacier Point from near the top of Nevada Falls
	Yosemite Valley is over 3000' below
	
	
	
	
	
	Liberty Cap and Nevada Falls
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	Half Dome from the John Muir Trail
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	Tired and happy
	
	
	
	                     
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