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Xithras Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-15-04 06:22 PM
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31. I live 90 minutes from Yosemite
Edited on Wed Dec-15-04 07:03 PM by Xithras
I hiked every backcountry park in the trail as a kid (not their full length, but I've been on them all at some poitn), and when I was 18, I bungeed off the "diving board" on top of Half Dome (got a nasty fine for it too).

It just seemed fitting when I saw it in the avatars list :)

In case you're curious, this is the diving board:


Oh, and this is the view straight down from the Diving Board...that's the floor of the Yosemite Valley from 4,700 feet up. I got to stare at that for several minutes while my buds argued with the park ranger and hauled me back up:
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