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The scariest part of climbing the famous Half Dome cables is not the difficulty of the climb, the steepness of the slope, the dizzying exposure or the altitude.

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 ...

The Half Dome cables in Yosemite National Park come down today, signaling the end of the busy period on this iconic trail, and drawing a line under what has been a deadly summer. The final 400 ...

The Half Dome cables are something I used to write about (and experience firsthand) with some frequency. In 2010, as a solution for overcrowding when permits were being considered, ...

Yosemite’s Half Dome shouldn’t need any PR help.. It got a good boost of it though when 93-year-old Everett Kalin ascended the 4,800-foot rock in the national park in central California with ...

While Yosemite officials haven’t released any information about the death, dozens of news stories have fueled widespread discussions about Half Dome safety. Although some hikers (and the world ...