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.

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 ...

A hiker died after falling from the Half Dome cables in Yosemite National Park Monday afternoon. The man, who has not yet been identified, was hiking with another person in stormy weather conditions ...

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 ...

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — A summer rite of passage is underway at Yosemite National Park, where the handrails on Half Dome are in place and hikers began scaling the granite monolith Friday ...

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, ...