Timeline for How do you safely ascend and descend the Half Dome cable route?
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Jul 4, 2017 at 22:01 | comment | added | Jimmy Fix-it | "There is nothing to be concerned about", you're kidding right? Never go outside of the cables, most of the fatal falls have been to persons who ended up outside the cables. This is a fun climb, but it is dangerous; if you let go of the cables (or if someone above you falls) you will likely die. | |
Nov 18, 2016 at 21:36 | comment | added | Ben Mathews | If you have done any class 3 hiking in the past, this will seem easy. There is nothing to be concerned about. I went outside the cables to avoid traffic jams and felt perfectly safe. | |
Nov 18, 2016 at 17:15 | comment | added | Russell Steen | @CharlieBrumbaugh -- I fully agree that your method further reduces risk. I just consider the risk negligible to begin with. I'm sadly all too familiar with tragedy and catching bad odds, it happens. However I'd hate to for someone to see this post and skip something as awesome as Half Dome because it's "dangerous". | |
Nov 18, 2016 at 17:07 | comment | added | Charlie Brumbaugh | You are correct that the odds are low, but in my opinion, clipping in provides a good deal of security for the small amount of effort required, so you may as well do it. Also, realizing that the odds of something happening are low is small comfort when it happens to you. | |
Nov 18, 2016 at 17:01 | comment | added | Russell Steen | All my numbers are from his link, except for the risk of lightning strike for which I used the national weather service. lightningsafety.noaa.gov/odds.shtml | |
Nov 18, 2016 at 16:59 | history | answered | Russell Steen | CC BY-SA 3.0 |