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

So when Grace secured a permit to hike Half Dome through the ... from Grace during the fall, her father said, and came to a rest about 100 feet from the cables. Yosemite officials did not respond ...

Located in the Yosemite Valley, Half Dome is generally accessible from late ... 16, which is a 0.75-mile one-way hike to the Vernal Fall Footbridge (where restrooms and water available).

Subscribe today. A recent fatal accident on the hiking route up Half Dome in Yosemite National Park was horrifying and tragic. On July 13, 2024, Grace Rohloff, an Arizona State university student ...

The short film by Carl Boenish that documents the flight carried out by Rich Piccirilli, Jim Hanbury and Brian Johnson from Half Dome (Yosemite) that marked a pivotal moment in the history of BASE ...

Another climber died in May on the Half Dome peak above Yosemite Valley and a British climber lost his life in a rock fall on El Capitan last September. Yosemite National Park only recently ...

John Walker THE FRESNO BEE Bridalveil Fall is flowing while the cliffs ... In the background is Yosemite Valley with Half Dome in the distance in the center. MARK CROSSE The Fresno Bee Rocks ...

including Half Dome. For a better view of the Upper Yosemite Fall, hikers can continue an additional half-mile. For those with energy reserves, the hike to the top of Yosemite Falls is a 7.2-mile ...

Yosemite was on its way to the disfiguring commercialism so evident, then and now, around Niagara Falls. Valley businesses ... the totem of Yosemite, Half Dome—but not its oft-pictured side.

The fatalities follow that of a hiker on the Half Dome ... in Yosemite. It is considered a major challenge for rock climbers. Welsh climber Andrew Foster was killed in a rock fall there in ...

With its flowing waterfalls, pristine lakes and towering granite cliffs, Yosemite National Park is considered one of the most beautiful spots in the nation. When it snows, the park in Central ...