When I'm looking at Half Dome ... View was the iconic Yosemite view. It scarcely changed for 75 years, until a 2008 upgrade that smoothed traffic flow and opened up the view by cutting down ...

While Eric's demands for independence were over the top, his sense of responsibility ... where we would climb Half Dome. I argued with Eric the day before we left--not a good sign.

It was midday on a Saturday, and the sun was beating down on the tired hikers ... the crowds if they want a transcendent view from the top of Half Dome of the cathedral of nature that is Yosemite ...

Cable access to the top of Yosemite National Park’s Half Dome will begin Wednesday. But a permit will once again be required for those looking to reach the Half Dome summit. Most permits were ...

Hiking the Half ... to the top of Half Dome. “There's this one part where it just gets very cold and you're depending on the cables. Like I freaked out and I said, mom, I want to go down and ...

Burnett fell down steep terrain ... Related Articles Half Dome deaths: The hikers who fell from the cables Every year, thousands of hikers trek to the top by heading up a 14-mile round trip ...

Its most famous, Half Dome ... an 80-percent dome); more blocks of rocks cleaved away from the crack over time, leaving the sheer face that park visitors see today. Gaze down at Yosemite Valley ...

It is those cables that guide hikers to the summit of Half Dome ... You can still enjoy many of the dome's tamer sections, such as the trip to the top of Nevada Fall. If you are attempting ...

Hiking to the top of Half Dome ... and he was looking for new ways to enjoy his good health in old age. “We had never done anything like that with Half Dome,” Kalin said, “and I thought ...