However, Yosemite officials refused to even consider ... The park service publishes extensive information online about how to hike Half Dome safely, including tips for limiting risk on the cables.

You can access Sentinel Bridge, which is located on the eastern side of Yosemite Valley, on Sentinel Drive (near Cook's Meadow) from shuttle stop No. 11. To hike Half Dome, the trail is about 14 ...

The short film by Carl Boenish that documents the flight carried out by Rich Piccirilli, Jim Hanbury and Brian Johnson from Half Dome (Yosemite) that marked a pivotal moment in the history of BASE ...

An Arizona college student died earlier this month after slipping and falling down during a hike at California's Yosemite ...

Grace Rohloff/Facebook An Arizona college student died after she slipped down the face of Half Dome in Yosemite National Park during an unexpected rainstorm earlier this month. Grace Rohloff ...

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 ...

Grace Rohloff/Facebook The Arizona college student who died after slipping down the Half Dome in Yosemite National Park on Saturday, July 13, had celebrated reaching the summit with her father ...

Is the gorgeous view or the glory worth the risk? Here we take a look at seven of the most dangerous hikes in the United ...

I was on a hike up through time ... jagged tops of the snowy Sierra and to the southwest the totem of Yosemite, Half Dome—but not its oft-pictured side. Rather, it showed me its humpy hind ...

Interview with American climber Alex Honnold after his immense and fast solo of the Yosemite Triple in Yosemite Valley ... party of aid climbers lent me their chalk bag when I passed them on Dolt.

This story appears in the May 2011 issue of National Geographic magazine. On a bright Saturday morning in September a young man is clinging to the face of Half Dome, a sheer 2,130-foot wall of ...

For more information on Lembert Dome and its hike, visit the Yosemite NPS website. Yosemite Highlights Small Group Tour (403 reviews) ...