That first tent, released in 1980 and dubbed the Half Dome, was already a game changer. Then David Mydans got ahold of it. Mydans was a backpacker and climbing bum who got his start at Chouinard ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
“My ski pants double as my ice climbing pants, so they’re filled ... Yosemite-regular Half Dome heroes brought along to survive the strike mission, and make history. To start, Torlano's ...
And later, in 1957 he raised the standards again when he, Mike Sherrick and Jerry Gallwas established the world's first grade VI climb via Half Dome's Regular Northwest Face. Robbins believed in ...
Founded by a world-renowned climbing duo, this 56-year-old brand continues to lead the charge in preservation and ...
Jacopo Larcher talks about his first climbing trip to Yosemite Valley ... After entering the valley and after having driven through kilometers of forests, Half Dome and the profile of The Nose finally ...
At the end of July, Dean Potter and Hans Florine made what may go down as one of the biggest achievements in the history of climbing in Yosemite. On the evening of Monday, July 26, Dean Potter solo ...
From 2005 to 2015, Half Dome's perilous climb has prompted at least 140 search-and-rescue missions, 290 accidents, and 12 deaths. (This excludes data from 2010, when the park issued a new permit ...