It is those cables that guide hikers to the summit of Half Dome. While most visitors are content to gaze at the iconic Yosemite site from the valley floor, the best viewing is at Sentinel Bridge ...
(While on the summit, the pair was caught off guard by a sudden storm. Most of Half Dome’s fatal falls occur during rainy weather.) Rohloff was the first fatality on the cables section since 2019.
842ft summit. Half Dome is notoriously treacherous when it rains due to its smooth granite surface, and Rohloff says rangers had warned the pair about incoming thunderstorms on the morning of ...
steering clear of the watchful eyes of the law and to do so they approached the summit of Half Dome at night. And an hour after landing they’d already carefully hidden their gear and cameras and were ...