A massive sheet of rock fell from the vertical face of Half Dome in Yosemite National Park, making one of the most popular routes attempted by climbers in North America even more challenging, park ...

Clinging for life to a cold steel cable, high on a nearly vertical rock face in the Sierra Nevada, the soles of my hiking shoes simply could not find traction. Again and again, as my forearms trembled ...

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 ...

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — A bucket-list climb to the top of Yosemite National Park’s Half Dome turned to tragedy for a young Arizona woman who fell to her death during a descent forced by ...

Hikers use cables to make their way toward the Half Dome summit in Yosemite National Park in 2015. (Marc Martin / Los Angeles Times) To the editor: My suggestion for making Half Dome safer is to take ...

An Arizona college student died earlier this month after slipping and falling down during a hike at California's Yosemite National Park, officials confirmed Wednesday. "She was in between the wooden ...

Former Sonoma County resident Kirk Keeler, who has Stage 4 colon cancer, and Santa Rosa professional climber Kevin Jorgeson are attempting a route called Snake Dike that on Half Dome’s southwest face ...

“I need you to sit down,” the doctor told Kirk Keeler, a nature photographer who grew up in Sonoma County and is now living in Nevada City. Keeler had just had his first colonoscopy and was still ...

Half Dome and Yosemite Valley in a view from Glacier Point at Yosemite National Park, Calif. (AP Photo/Tracie Cone, File) Clinging for life to a cold steel cable, high on a nearly vertical rock face ...

The Half Dome cables span the last 400 feet of an eight-mile hike from Yosemite Valley to the top of Half Dome. (Jack Dolan / Los Angeles Times) To the editor: I have climbed Half Dome 13 times, ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — A ...