The trio reached the Half Dome peak on July 18. Summiting Yosemite's Half Dome was a family affair for Everett Kalin, who made the climb with his son Jon and granddaughter Sidney. Sidney Kalin via ...

Half Dome is dangerous. And that's as it should be ... Two inviolable climbing rules when ascending any peak are be prepared ...

Ryan Leeder fell 2,000 to 2,500 feet off the northwest face of Half Dome about 6:30 p.m. Monday. Rock climbers at the bottom of the peak heard him scream and watched him fall, but because it was ...

Yosemite National Park in California is host to an array of beautiful treks, including this trail that has unbelievable views ...

An Arizona college student died this month after she slipped and fell from the Half Dome cables at Yosemite National Park, a family member told NBC News on Wednesday. Grace Rohloff, 20, was hiking ...

Atop Half Dome as they put away their ropes ... From Sub Dome, Anna watched Kirk hike down from the peak, marveling at how quickly the three climbers descended. “Seeing him come down, I felt ...

Half Dome is one of Yosemite’s most popular and ... that includes a 400-feet ascent to the peak, done with the assistance of two guide cables. Deaths on the trail are rare (less than a dozen ...

Rohloff's father, Jonathan Rohloff, told SFGate that he and his daughter had made their way to the peak of Half Dome when a storm suddenly hit. While trying to descend the precarious 400-foot ...

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 ...

In the 1860s, the California Geological Society deemed Half Dome “a perfectly inaccessible [peak] which never has been, and never will be, trodden by human foot.” In 1875 it was climbed for ...