11. To hike Half Dome, the trail is about 14 to 16 miles long and features elevation gains totaling 4,800 feet (for reference, the elevation gain on the Mist Trail is between 1,000 and 2,000 feet ...

Visitors can't expect to be perfectly safe, especially when climbing an almost vertical rock face. It's tragic that a young ...

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 ...

While it might not look as terrifying as the end of the Half Dome hike, don't underestimate this part of the journey, either. It's easy to slip and injure yourself on the slick, uneven terrain.

Details the tenth attempt by Jim Erickson and Art Higbee to scale the two thousand-foot-high vertical face of Half Dome in Yosemite National Park. Narrated by Robert Redford.

From 2005 to 2015, Half Dome's perilous climb has prompted at least 140 search-and-rescue missions, 290 accidents, and 12 deaths. (This excludes data from 2010, when the park issued a new permit ...

the duo blitz-climbed a staggering number of routes up the 1000m high El Capitan and Half Dome. Climbing fast and light to gain alpine-style experience the two endured both intense heat and windy ...