Last month, 20-year-old Grace Rohloff slipped and died descending from the summit of Half Dome in Yosemite National ... for the final ascent and initial hike down, but deaths caused by falls ...

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 ...

You should also be prepared with a map and compass ... the park service began limiting the number of people allowed to hike Half Dome each day by requiring day-hike permits.

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 ... summit of Yosemite’s Half Dome — could easily be ...

Grace Rohloff, 20, lost her footing on July 13 while she and her father, Jonathan Rohloff, were hiking the park’s Half Dome cables, her father told SFGate. “Grace was such a beautiful soul ...

and how his daughter was thrilled when she secured a permit to hike Yosemite's Half Dome. The dome stands over 8,800 feet above sea level, and a round-trip hike to the summit covers more than 14 ...

Grace Rohloff, 20, was hiking with her father on July 13 and had reached the summit of Yosemite's Half Dome in California, one of the park's most famous and challenging hikes. While she was ...