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Acknowledgments

I would like to thank:

My wife, Diane, for her patience during my many hikes of Half Dome, my training, and the hours I spent at the keyboard.

My sister, Michelle Deutsch LaMarche, who did the hike before me and encouraged me to do it the first time.

The National Park Service and the Yosemite Conservancy for their support of this precious American resource.

Dan Anderson for his efforts in digitizing many of the early Yosemite historical manuscripts in the Yosemite Online Library so that everyone may enjoy them.

Harv Galic for his compilation of the Chronicles of Early Ascents of Half Dome.

The many new friendships that Half Dome has introduced me to, including Sonke Kastner, Sister Kathy Littrell, Scott Gehrman, Pat Townsley, NPS ranger Mark Marschall, NPS ranger Daniel Schaible, Pete Devine (Yosemite Conservancy), and my many Facebook fans, blog readers, and audiences.

My hiking buddy, Yosey (as in Yosemite), a 5-pound Yorkie whose zest for life inspires me.

Rick Deutsch

Mr. Half Dome