Los Angeles Times

Letters to the Editor: Want to make Half Dome safer? Remove the climbing cables for good

To the editor: My suggestion for making Half Dome safer is to take the cables down. Not just part of the year, as is done now, but all year. (“After a young woman falls to her death in Yosemite, Half ...
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Yosemite’s Half Dome cables are dangerous. Here’s why they won’t be made safer | Opinion

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.
Los Angeles Times

Letters to the Editor: The Half Dome cables aren’t safe. Nothing in Yosemite is. Get over it

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 ...
ABC7 San Francisco

Woman dies after falling more than 500 feet in Yosemite National Park

FRESNO, Calif. -- A 29-year-old woman is dead after falling more than 500 feet while climbing Half Dome in Yosemite National Park, according to park officials. Rangers say they were called to the Half ...
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Letters to the Editor: Want to make Half Dome safer? Remove the climbing cables for good

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 ...