Are the Half Dome cables worth it? Climber Alex Honnold ... outside because fewer people have walked on it.” I doubt that Yosemite rangers would recommend this approach. I reached out to ...

A fall from that height — on the climbing cables that mark the final 400-foot ascent to the summit of Yosemite's Half Dome — ...

flat section through Little Yosemite Valley near the Merced River. The trail then ventures up the sub dome. When you finally reach the base of the Half Dome, a steep rocky climb finally takes you ...

His parents also introduced him to big-wall climbing—multi-pitch routes that cover thousands of vertical feet. Herson was just 12 years old when he first climbed Yosemite’s 2,000-foot Half Dome ...

Interview with American climber Alex Honnold after his immense ... Honnold's astounding and fast solo ascent of the Triple Crown in Yosemite, the continuous ascent of Mount Watkins, El Capitan and ...

For two years, Keeler went through chemotherapy treatments that left him weak and nauseated, but on one of his “rare good days” he hatched the idea of climbing Yosemite’s Half Dome.

Jacopo Larcher talks about his first climbing trip to Yosemite Valley ... After entering the valley and after having driven through kilometers of forests, Half Dome and the profile of The Nose finally ...

Going up was like climbing the back of a mythically enormous ... of the snowy Sierra and to the southwest the totem of Yosemite, Half Dome—but not its oft-pictured side. Rather, it showed ...

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has become one of Yosemite's most iconic symbols, it's also one of the most dangerous hikes in the US. From 2005 to 2015, Half Dome's perilous climb has prompted at least 140 search-and-rescue ...

America's national parks are packed full of breathtaking natural wonders. Whether you're climbing Half Dome in Yosemite or waiting for a herd of buffalo to cross the road in Yellowstone ...