Finding Hetch Hetchy, the Hidden Yosemite

There are plenty more big walls for climbing within Yosemite National Park besides those in Yosemite Valley. Here’s a taste of what Hetch Hetchy, San Francisco’s city-managed reservoir, oddly enough, holds for big wall climbers.

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