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 frequently.

To the editor: I have climbed Half Dome 13 times, descending the cables each time. I have more experience than most, so here is my opinion. (“Want to make Half Dome safer? Remove the climbing cables ...

The cables came into being in the late 1800s, after celebrated geologist Josiah Whitney proclaimed the 8,800-foot summit of Half Dome "perfectly inaccessible" and declared it would "never be trodden ...

A hiker died after falling from the Half Dome cables in Yosemite National Park Monday afternoon. The man, who has not yet been identified, was hiking with another person in stormy weather conditions ...

At the end of last month, two skiers achieved an unprecedented feat: descending the summit of Yosemite National Park's iconic Half Dome into the valley below. In 1865, a report declared that the rock ...