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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A mountain, 2,694 m (8,840 ft) high, of the Sierra Nevada in east-central California.
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El Capitan and Half Dome, for leadership among the individual scenic features of the continent.
The Book of the National Parks Robert Sterling Yard 1903
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Canyon enters from the south after curving around the east and south sides of Half Dome.
The Book of the National Parks Robert Sterling Yard 1903
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Rock climbers watched in horror early Monday evening as 23-year-old Ryan Leeder, of Los Gatos, Calif., fell 2,500 feet off the Half Dome summit.
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Yosemite National Park: see the famous rock formations of El Capitan and Half Dome; see incredible Yosemite and Bridalveil Falls and bike or hike around Yosemite Valley's park trails
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Dill seems to enjoy tales of lucky breaks and miraculous saves, including the recent rescue of a man whose shorts caught on a rock, preventing a thousand foot fall off Half Dome.
AroundTheCapitol.com 2008
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