" I knew it at once as Hetch-Hetchy..."

2, May, 2018

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Yosemite Trails

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" From an altitude of fifty-five hundred feet the trail made

a long descent towards the north. Suddenly there opened far

below us a valley like another Yosemite, its cliffs, meadows

and winding river gleaming through the pearly summer haze.

The white torrent of a waterfall could be plainly seen even at that

distance, creeping down a great cliff on the northern side. 

I knew it at once as Hetch-Hetchy. "

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photo of Hetch-Hetchy by J. Smeaton Chase

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