The trail then ventures up the sub dome. 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 ...

That climb had gone so smoothly he was certain he could free solo it, despite the route's legendary difficulty. When Half Dome was first climbed, in 1957, it had taken Californian Royal Robbins ...

("Want to make Half Dome safer? Remove the climbing cables for ... with lanyard that would be affixed to the cable during their climb, likely saving a life if someone were to slip.

Climbers are required to have a wilderness climbing permit for all overnight climbs on the park’s big walls, including Half Dome, El Capitan, Leaning Tower and other walls throughout the valley.

So I was practised for that kind of thing. And then a very generous party of aid climbers lent me their chalk bag when I passed them on Dolt. What was hard? The hike up to Half Dome was one of the ...