I’ve hiked Half Dome four times. I consider myself an experienced hiker, but even so, every time I complete the cable section I breathe a huge sigh of relief. The final 400-foot climb to the top ...

A fall from that height — on the climbing cables that mark the final 400-foot ascent to the summit of Yosemite's Half ... death, the goal is to get park officials to commit to making Half Dome ...

There he learned the benefits of using light 4mm tech cord for rappelling down short sections, like the 300-some feet of Half Dome's Death Slabs, where he and Milligan used it to anchor off trees ...

On a bright Saturday morning in September a young man is clinging to the face of Half Dome ... to his death. Now, the spell suddenly broken by mental fatigue and the glass-slick slab in front ...