Wednesday, January 7, 1970

Place: CA-Grizzly Peak

From Wikipedia


Grizzly Peak-6,056' (Half Dome)   
(37.729648, -119.550718)

Description:
Charles A. Bailey made the first ascent about 1885, according to Hutchings, who quotes a letter from Bailey describing the ascent. (Hutchings: In the Heart of the Sierras, 1886, pp. 454-455.)   Place Names of the High Sierra (1926) by Francis P. Farquhar

From GNIS: In Yosemite National Park, on the north bank of the Merced River above mile marker 131 and Sierra Point, 1.4 km (0.9 mi) southwest of Mount Broderick. (US-T121) Also called:
  • Grizzly Point: Browning, Peter. Yosemite Place Names. Lafayette, California: Great West Books, 1988. p55
  • Sentinel Rock: Browning, Peter. Yosemite Place Names. Lafayette, California: Great West Books, 1988. p55

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