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  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  GEOGRAPHIC 
  MAGAZINE 
  

  

  

  \ 
  

  

  Photograph 
  from 
  M. 
  Hall 
  McAllister 
  

  

  THE 
  CABLE 
  STAIRWAY, 
  800 
  FEET 
  LONG, 
  LEADING 
  To 
  THE 
  SUMMIT 
  OE 
  HALE 
  DOME 
  I 
  

  

  YOSEMITE 
  NATIONAL 
  PARK 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  summer 
  season 
  the 
  steel 
  posts 
  are 
  removed 
  and 
  stored; 
  otherwise 
  

   they 
  would 
  be 
  swept 
  away 
  by 
  the 
  irresistible 
  spring 
  avalanches 
  (see 
  also 
  illustrations 
  on 
  

   pages 
  343, 
  345, 
  347, 
  and 
  380). 
  

  

  