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College Student Slips and Falls to Her Death While Hiking Yosemite’s Half Dome With Father

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A 20-year-old college student lost her life in a tragic accident while hiking Yosemite National Park’s iconic Half Dome in California with her father earlier this month. Related: Eyewitness Account of Terrifying Moment Woman Slipped to Her Death Off Half Dome, Yosemite, CA Grace Rohloff, an Arizona State University student, slipped and fell approximately 200 feet to her death on […]

CragBrains | July 25, 2024
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Half Dome Cables in Yosemite National Park, CA Will Be Ready For the Season on Wednesday

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Yosemite National Park, CA, just announced that the Half Dome cables would be up for the season on Wednesday, May 19, 2021. A permit is required to summit Half Dome. Most permits are available via preseason lottery, but a limited number are available every day, two days in advance. Additionally, all permits for May 19–May 27 will become available two […]

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CragBrains | May 17, 2021
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Eyewitness Account of Terrifying Moment Woman Slipped to Her Death Off Half Dome, Yosemite, CA

Last week a 29-year-old woman fell 500-feet to her death while hiking up Half Dome in Yosemite National Park in California. Danielle Burnett was climbing the steepest part of the climb up the cables near the summit of Half Dome when she fell down steep, rocky terrain. Related: Woman Fell 500-Feet To Her Death From Half Dome Cables In Yosemite, […]

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CragBrains | September 11, 2019
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Woman Fell 500-Feet To Her Death From Half Dome Cables In Yosemite, CA Yesterday

A 29-year-old woman fell 500-feet to her death while hiking up Half Dome in Yosemite National Park in California on Thursday. Yosemite National Park spokesperson Scott Gediman reports that Danielle Burnett was climbing the steepest part of the climb up the cables near the summit of Half Dome when she fell over 500-feet down steep, rocky terrain. Officials are investigating […]

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CragBrains | September 6, 2019
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