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  2. Portaledge - Wikipedia

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    A portaledge is a deployable hanging tent system designed for rock climbers who need to spend multiple days and nights on a climbing route suspended from a sheer rock face while big wall climbing. A fully assembled portaledge is a fabric-covered platform surrounded by a metal frame that hangs from a single anchor point via carabiners and has ...

  3. After a young woman falls to her death in Yosemite, Half Dome ...

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    The park limits the number of people who can climb Half Dome to 300 per day, a cap aimed, in part, at reducing gridlock on the cables. If you go without a permit, and get caught, there’s a $280 ...

  4. Yosemite’s Half Dome cables are dangerous. Here’s why they ...

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    Whenever someone dies on Yosemite’s Half Dome while climbing or descending the infamous cables section, I am always surprised. ... Most of Half Dome’s fatal falls occur during rainy weather ...

  5. Free Solo - Wikipedia

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    Climber Alex Honnold has been dreaming of free-soloing the 3,000 feet (900 m) rock wall of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, a feat no one has performed.His choice of big wall climbing route on El Capitan is called Freerider, a route that was created by Alexander Huber in 1998, and which Honnold has completed several times with protection equipment.

  6. Climbing harness - Wikipedia

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    Sit harness. A climbing harness is a piece of equipment that allows a climber to tie in to the safety of a rope. [1] It is used in rock and ice climbing, abseiling, and lowering; this is in contrast to other activities requiring ropes for access or safety such as industrial rope work (such as window cleaning), construction, and rescue and recovery, which use safety harnesses instead.

  7. 20-year-old college student dies after falling from Yosemite ...

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    The dome stands over 8,800 feet above sea level, and a round-trip hike to the summit covers more than 14 miles. The Half Dome cables encompass the final portion of the hike and allow hikers to ...

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