View Full Version : Hiker Dies Falling on Yosemite's Half Dome
somers515
05-23-2018, 07:04
https://www.yahoo.com/news/hiker-dies-falling-yosemites-half-dome-trail-221358303.html
I've never even visited Yosemite yet but from what I've seen of the trail to the top of Half Dome looks both amazing and a little crazy. May that hiker RIP.
nsherry61
05-23-2018, 10:53
I've never even visited Yosemite yet but from what I've seen of the trail to the top of Half Dome looks both amazing and a little crazy. May that hiker RIP.
Fun hike. I sure wouldn't want to do it on wet rock though. That would be sketchy for certain.
Rain Man
05-23-2018, 10:55
I'll be "hiking" up Halfdome in August. Got a "golden ticket" to hike the JMT. Thankfully, this accident is such a rare occurrence.
Condolences to this hiker's friends and family. Seems a thunderstorm may have been involved?
Have fun climbing up Half Dome. I did it many years ago and had a blast doing it
Sad to hear this. Will be doing Half Dome a couple of months from now as part of a 90 mile loop in Yosemite.
Odd Man Out
05-23-2018, 16:46
When we were at Yosemite about 5 years ago, NBC News did a live broadcast from just outside our room at the Lodge at the Falls about the large number of deaths at the park that year. Some fell down Half Dome, some go swimming and get swept over the falls, and others go on day hikes and just dissappear. In fact several bodies were found in the river along the mist trail the day after,we hiked up it. People tend to get swept away in the spring when the water is high and the bodies are found in the summer when the water levels drop.