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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

I’ve hiked Half Dome four ... the top of each pole creating parallel handholds. Depending on the season, the cables are generally installed around the end of May and taken down for the winter ...

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 ...

A fall from that height — on the climbing cables that mark the final 400-foot ascent to the summit of Yosemite’s Half Dome — could ... and inched toward the top. The only relief came from ...

Climbers who want to make the final spine-tingling scramble 400 feet up the summit cables to the top of Half Dome in Yosemite ... automobile travel in America. Looking for Father's Day gift ...

But Half Dome can be deadly. On Thursday morning, an Arizona woman died after falling 500 feet down steep ... distributed permit to climb to the top. But despite its massive appeal, it requires ...

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 ...

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 ...

Half Dome isn’t a ski objective ... and he wasn’t up for the risk. Once on top, though, he instinctively clicked into his bindings and started down. Torlano followed. “ ...