Went with some of my colleagues in the Economics Department.  They have been doing Half Dome, but this year did not get the lottery, so they chose Cloud’s Rest.  I was happy to be along, even if I sort of brought up the year (which helped when Alex’s GPS device fell out of his pocket and I came along 5 min later and found it on the trail… hmmm…. but what if it hadn’t been his!?)  Some pictures.  Trule spectacular ascent at the end on the arête.   Wow was I scared, heart pounding, inner voice saying, “don’t look around, just look down.”