The first person to ever summit Half Dome did so in 1875, and in the 44 years that followed, ... Yager said, they do so in special shoes with sticky rubber for walking on granite.

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 ...

Hiking to the top of Half Dome in Yosemite requires traversing at least 14 miles while gaining 4,800 feet in elevation, an impressive feat for any adult — let alone one in his 90s. Everett Kalin ...

Yosemite’s Half Dome shouldn’t need any PR help.. It got a good boost of it though when 93-year-old Everett Kalin ascended the 4,800-foot rock in the national park in central California with ...

The Half Dome cables are something I used to write about (and experience firsthand) with some frequency. In 2010, as a solution for overcrowding when permits were being considered, ...

Half Dome is a quartz monzonite batholith, named for its distinctive shape, standing at nearly 5,000 feet above Yosemite Valley and 8,800 feet above sea level.

Yosemite’s Half Dome shouldn’t need any PR help. It got a good boost of it though when 93-year-old Everett Kalin ascended the 4,800-foot rock in the national park in central California with ...

Matthew Stewart got airlifted off Half Dome in Yosemite and discovered he had a brain tumor. ... I could barely stand up. This wasn’t totally new for me—a few months before the trip, ...

Climbers who summit Yosemite’s Half Dome can expect panoramic views of the national park’s luscious valley — but now park rangers say they might also spot traces of black bears, ...

More than a few hikers have faced dire consequences in pursuit of Yosemite National Park’s iconic Half Dome summit. Some have gone into cardiac arrest. Others have been struck by lightning ...

Yosemite’s Half Dome shouldn’t need any PR help. It got a good boost of it though when 93-year-old Everett Kalin ascended the 4,800-foot rock in the national park in central California with ...