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2. Half Dome - Wikipedia

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   Half Dome was used as the logo for a software company, Sierra On-Line. In 1971, outdoor recreation and climbing equipment company The North Face created their company logo, based upon a stylized depiction of the Half Dome formation. It is still their logo 50 years later. [46] In 1988, Half Dome was featured on a 25 cent United States postage stamp.

3. Regular Northwest Face of Half Dome - Wikipedia

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   The Regular Northwest Face of Half Dome was the first Grade VI big wall climbing route in the United States. It was first climbed in 1957 by a team consisting of Royal Robbins, Mike Sherrick, and Jerry Gallwas. Its current aid climbing rating is VI 5.9 A1 or 5.12 for the free climbing variation. [1]

4. 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 ...

5. Alex Honnold - Wikipedia

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   Alex Honnold (born August 17, 1985) is an American rock climber best known for his free solo ascents of big walls.Honnold rose to worldwide fame in June 2017 when he became the first person to free solo a full route on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park (via the 2,900-foot route Freerider at 5.13a, the first-ever big wall free solo ascent at that grade), [3] a climb described in The New York ...

6. Skydiving at 92, Half Dome at 93. Hiker talks about his climb ...

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   Hiking to the top of Half Dome in Yosemite requires traversing at least 14 miles while gaining 4,800 feet in elevation, an impressive feat for any adult — let alone one in his 90s.

7. A 93-year-old climbed Yosemite’s Half Dome. Here’s how you ...

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8. List of grade milestones in rock climbing - Wikipedia

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   Regular Northwest Face (690-meters, 24 pitches) – Half Dome, Yosemite (USA) – 1976 – First big wall free climb at 7b+ (5.12c) by Art Higbee and Jim Erickson. [ 215 ] [ 216 ] [ 213 ] 20 years later, a variation to the crux pitch was found to keep the entire route at 5.12a.

9. Hiker falls to death during storm on Yosemite's iconic Half Dome

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   A bucket-list climb to the top of Yosemite National Park's Half Dome turned to tragedy for a young Arizona woman who fell to her death during a descent forced by a sudden storm that pounded the ...