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.”