6% of the way!

Tonight, we returned to the long outdoor staircase at Communications Hill. Roger, our car's GPS, said the elevation difference between bottom and top is 150 feet, not the measly 40-50 feet shown by Google Map's topo lines. And it totals 223 steps up, and 223 steps down. We went up and down twice, for a total climb of 300 feet. That's about 6% of the elevation we'll need on the Half Dome hike. For ballast, we were carrying a full tummy of lasagna. We both felt that climbing it twice today, was easier than our single climb on Sunday. Our son did enough additional zippy back and forths and ups and downs that he was tired (for a moment) too, the first time I've seen that happen this year.

Others on our team will be building their leg muscles by doing bleacher steps at some local college stadium. Our view on Comm Hill is much better!