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Trail to Taft Point.
Trail to Taft Point.
On the edge of the south rim.
Quite a bit of exposure here. Unlike Glacier Point, the Taft Point area is almost fully devoid of guardrails.
The promintory of Taft Point juts out into space, 3,500 feet above the valley floor. The monolith of El Capitan stands proudly in the background.
Yosemite Valley and El Capitan as seen from near The Fissures.
A close-up of The Fissures.
Taft Point.
Taft Point.