Mountains can never be made completely safe ... But there’s no real reason, besides bureaucratic stubbornness, why the Half Dome cables need to be so dangerous. It’s a wonder more people ...

It is those cables that guide hikers to the summit of Half Dome. While most visitors are content to gaze at the iconic Yosemite site from the valley floor, the best viewing is at Sentinel Bridge ...

Half Dome in 1977, practically 40 years ago ... What has changed though, radically, is the way in which people fly off mountains nowadays, and back then BASE Jump, wingsuit flying and Para Base were ...

In response to the new administration’s attacks on our National Parks, REI is partnering with the non-profit organization ...

But while descending the Half Dome cables during a sudden thunderstorm and downpour, she slipped on a wet portion of the rock ...

Planetmountain.com is a site about climbing, mountaineering, trekking, via ferrata, freeriding, ski mountaineering, snowboarding, snowshoeing, and ice climbing on all the mountains of the world. It ...

The essential gear that Jason Torlano and Zach Milligan used to survive their historic ski descent of Half Dome to the Yosemite Valley floor. When looking through the photos of Jason Torlano and ...

Kirk Keeler decided to channel his energy into a bigger cause – raising awareness about the importance of cancer screenings by scaling Half Dome.