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2. 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. Not surprised it happened. Surprised it doesn’t happen more ...

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

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   A fall from that height — on the climbing cables that mark the final 400-foot ascent to the summit of Yosemite's Half Dome — could easily be fatal. So I clenched my fists tighter and inched ...

4. 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 ...

5. Talk:Half Dome - Wikipedia

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   The Half Dome is a granite dome in California's Yosemite National Park, whose summit at elevation 8,844 ft (2,696 m) is more than 4,700 ft (1,400 m) * above the floor of Yosemite Valley. Known to the local Native Americans as "Tis-sa-ack", the dome was first summitted by George G. Anderson in October 1875.

6. Rock-climbing equipment - Wikipedia

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   Some climbers will use a single full-thickness climbing rope with a diameter of approximately 9 to 11 mm (0.35 to 0.43 in), and some will use double ropes, or "half-ropes", to reduce rope drag (e.g. one rope is clipped into any given anchor or protection point), which have a reduced thickness of approximately 8 to 9 mm (0.31 to 0.35 in) to ...

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 ...

8. 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.

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

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