Whenever someone dies on Yosemite’s Half Dome while climbing ... the pair was caught off guard by a sudden storm. Most of Half Dome’s fatal falls occur during rainy weather.) ...

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 ...

For Rohloff, the main issue on Half Dome is the design of the cable system, which he feels could be much safer. (Park officials did not respond to SFGATE’s questions about the design of the cables.) ...

Spending time in Yosemite Valley at Yosemite National Park in California is a great introduction to this national park. But ...

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 ...

Grace Rohloff/Facebook An Arizona college student died after she slipped down the face of Half Dome in Yosemite National Park during an unexpected rainstorm earlier this month. Grace Rohloff ...

The essential gear that Jason Torlano and Zach Milligan used to survive their historic ski descent of Half Dome to the Yosemite Valley floor. When looking through the photos of Jason Torlano and ...

This story appears in the May 2011 issue of National Geographic magazine. On a bright Saturday morning in September a young man is clinging to the face of Half Dome, a sheer 2,130-foot wall of ...

While everyone is going to check out the Mist Trail, Lower Yosemite Falls and views of Half Dome and El Capitan (and you should too!), let us share with you some of the additional locations and ...

Standing at 2,425 feet, Yosemite Falls is the tallest waterfall in the U.S. and one of the tallest in the world. Made up of three separate falls, Yosemite Falls is divided into an Upper Yosemite ...

He made camps near Old Inspiration Point, Dewey Point, Sentinel Dome, Glacier Point for two nights, then near Illilouette Creek.