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

The route to the summit - elevation 8,842 feet - stretches 8.6 miles, but it's the last harrowing, 400-foot stretch that requires a permit.

Climbing Half Dome is risky. The solution, if we're concerned about safety, is to completely remove the cables, not enhance them.

The Jenny Lake Rangers report that another chunk of the Second Tower on Grand Teton fell off over the Fourth of July weekend.

Climbing Half Dome is risky. The solution, if we're concerned about safety, is to completely remove the cables, not enhance them.

Two legends of Yosemite climbing argues the oft-debated hiking route up Half Dome should remain, despite the danger of falling ...

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 ...

A man looking out over the Half Dome in Yosemite National Park. On July 18, Everett Kalin became the oldest known person to climb Yosemite's Half Dome at the age of 93.

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 ...

Former Sonoma County resident Kirk Keeler, who has Stage 4 colon cancer, and Santa Rosa professional climber Kevin Jorgeson are attempting a route called Snake Dike that on Half Dome’s southwest ...

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 ...