HALF DOME

^^^^ so, this picture speaks 1000000 words.^^^^

can you spy us up there on the edge? :)

i don't know what more i can say about it!

i can never do this experience or hike justice.

it was so incredible and amazing! even when i

look at this picture i can't believe we were

standing up there. it was the hardest thing 

we've ever done together, and next to climbing

the grand teton the hardest thing i've ever done.

it was definitely tougher than a marathon.

it was also terrifying up on those cables, but

such a rush and once in a lifetime adventure.

here are some pictures of our 18 mile, 12-

hour, long, amazing, scary, fun half dome hike.

^^ yay for friends who were willing to do this

hike with us! best crew to hike half dome with.

we got a permit to do this 2 days before after

entering in the lottery system. it's so lucky that

we got it on memorial day weekend when thousands

were applying! (at mile 16 we were wondering 

if that really was "luck" though .... :)

^^ look closely and you can see people

climbing STRAIGHT up to the summit

of half dome. this is after 5 hours of hiking

straight uphill and conquering sub dome..

then you get to the base of this and your

stomach drops as you realize you have to

scale vertically up to the top on these

cables. eeeek! luckily i am not afraid of

heights, but after 25 minutes up there

your wrists start to get tired and you

see other people freaking out and it can

start to get to you...but it is quite the rush!

^^ on the cables holding on for dear life!

you can't see the 2000 foot drop on each side.

^^ this gives you a sense of

how steep it really is.

^^ this guy made me feel safe by going 

right behind me...but there are some moments

when people are coming down and pass 

you that get scary! there's nothing more 

romantic than doing something adventurous

with your love...and it made me appreciate

that we made it safely! phewww!

^^ straight up

^^ almost there...

^^ and, the sweet summit

^^ a kiss on top of course!

it kind of looks like he is

pushing me off but promise

he isn't!! haha. i had

to swear to be very 

careful so that chase would 

let us go out to the edge :)

^^ on top of the world with

this friend who i adore!

^^ one of my favorite pictures 

of the day. love this boy who will 

go on any adventure with me!

^^ the thing about a summit is you have

to remember you still have 50% of the

hike still to go...so, down we started!

(scary to be facing forward)

^^ the descent is a little terrifying

since you're looking straight down!

^^ kisses for finishing the cables

^^ victory!

^^ we look tough, but we were tiiired.

still 8 miles to go down after all that.

^^ the two best guys. dusty and chase

kept us laughing the entire way down,

singing, joking, throwing pine cones at

us, and making new friends. they even

helped a few people down who were

having trouble on the cables...they eased

their fears. good men we married!

^^ thank goodness for

waterfalls to cool us 

off on the way down..

^^ just some of the views that 

made this hike worth it.

^^ the light on the mountains as

we came down off the trail after

12 hours was too pretty for words.

^^ and that tall peak with the sun

on it is what we were standing on 

top of. best feeling in the world 

to see something like that 

and know you stood on top!

see more of our time in yosemite 

here.

ps there might be a little video coming..!

xo