Whenever someone dies on Yosemite’s Half Dome while climbing or descending the infamous cables section, I am always surprised. Not surprised it happened. Surprised it doesn’t happen more ...

I wore Vibram-soled climbing boots, no harness and no gloves when I easily ascended the Half Dome cables. I see no problem ...

from which they'd hung ropes to climb—a style called aid climbing. A generation later, in 1976, Coloradans Art Higbee and Jim Erickson climbed Half Dome almost completely free—relying only on ...

It is those cables that guide hikers to the summit of Half Dome. While most visitors are content to gaze at the iconic Yosemite site from the valley floor, the best viewing is at Sentinel Bridge ...

The essential gear that Jason Torlano and Zach Milligan used to survive their historic ski descent of Half Dome to the Yosemite ... old Black Diamond Alpine Bod climbing harness with the leg ...

Since 1948, 15 people have died on the Half Dome tip and cables, per SFGate, which also reported that since 2006, at least six people died while stuck in rainstorms on the summit. Never miss a ...