The first picture below is from yesterday’s YOY post. It was near the beginning of the Lembert Dome Trail hike.
There is no way one could envision what I like to refer to as the “big reveal” at the end of the trail. Each step, even those that were labored, had me hoping for something spectacular at the end. The quest for the big payoff is always in the back of my mind.
The photograph of Lembert Dome below shows several people looking toward the top of the dome and perhaps assessing whether or not to hike up that incline. I had no such hesitation. Having made it to this point, I needed to go to the top IF I COULD!
I wasn’t going to take any significant risks and luckily for me, the hiking surface was rough-textured and allowed relatively easy footing. I was also able to find a ridge that allowed me to place my equipment there and then provided a gripping point for me to hoist myself up.
By the way, the big payoff isn’t always at the end of the trail. Once in a while it is something I experience along the trail at a distance from the end.
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*All photographs Copyright by Jeffrey B. Ross with all rights reserved.
See previous Year of Yosemite (YOY) posts HERE. If you want to read the introduction to the YOY series, CLICK HERE.
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Meta Data – Day 131 YOY – Year of Yosemite
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Capture time: 1:20:20 PM
Capture date: June 7, 2016
Exposure: 1/160 sec @ f/13
Focal Length: 18mm
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