from which they'd hung ropes to climb—a style called aid climbing. A generation later, in 1976, Coloradans Art Higbee and Jim Erickson climbed Half Dome almost completely free—relying only on ...

so it's a good idea to start your hike early to be able to head down around 1 p.m. It is also important to refrain from climbing the cables up Half Dome if the ground is wet or if there are any ...

The climbers' first small victory of the day, the South Summit is a ping pong table-size dome ... rope up here to ascend the Hillary Step. We marvel at Hillary and Tenzing's achievement in ...

Alex, a 28-year-old from Sacramento, California, made headlines in 2008 when he scaled the 2,000-foot northwest face of Half Dome in Yosemite without a rope. Hazel, 24, who grew up climbing in ...

for the four major pendulums and to rope solo 2 short sections of aid climbing (getting to the Boot and the end of the Great Roof). And for Half Dome I didn't take a rope at all, but used dasies on ...

A tangled rope could cause a major problem if you are belaying a climber. Any knot or tangle in the rope might prevent you from feeding out the rope properly to the lead climber, or stop an ...

Climbers use quickdraws to attach their rope to pieces of protection when lead climbing. A quickdraw consists of two karabiners connected by a textile sling. Find out about the different types and ...

Mr. Mallory, who was 37, was also still connected to “a length of climbing rope” when he was found, The Times reported. This signified that the two explorers were probably tied together and ...

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Fay first realised they were in serious danger during the climb when six days in one of their climbing ropes severed. They were just 2,300ft below the summit when a sudden rockfall sliced the ...

The climbers' first small victory of the day, the South Summit is a ping pong table-size dome ... rope up here to ascend the Hillary Step. We marvel at Hillary and Tenzing's achievement in ...