To make Half Dome safer, take down the cables. Connie Stewart, Santa Monica To the editor: Your article seems to indicate ...

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 ...

When you finally reach the base of the Half Dome, a steep rocky climb finally takes you up the Half Dome Cables, a vertical, exposed rock face scalable by two steel cables for the final 400 feet ...

Read on to learn about some of the most dangerous hikes in the U.S. Just a look at the cable route up ... than double the lives of Half Dome alone. This 13.5-mile hike is definitely not for ...

“I guess Half Dome was ... before steel cable handrails and wooden planks help them across the mountain's granite domes, per the website. For his part, Everett prepared by climbing stairs ...