Half Dome – In 3 Days
One Year Ago…
Last Sunday someone fell off the cables to their death…
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif.—A hiker fell to his death while hiking the steep, final stretch up Half Dome.
Hirofumi Nohara, 37, of Japan slipped and fell while ascending the 8,842-foot granite dome in Yosemite National Park on Saturday afternoon, authorities said. He was pronounced dead at the scene, said park ranger Adrienne Freeman.
Nohara, who was in the U.S. on a work visa, was making the climb with four friends when he lost his footing about two-thirds of the way up the steepest pitch in which climbers use metal cables and wooden steps to ascend the final 150 feet.
Hikers from a Granite Bay church watched in horror as his leg briefly caught on a pole supporting the cables.
“It spun him around outside the safety cables and he tumbled down the mountainside,” said Bayside Church communications director Kerry Shearer.
Nohara did not appear to be doing anything unsafe, according to the initial investigation by the National Park Service.
About 10 to 12 people die in Yosemite each year, and this is third fatality to occur on Half Dome in the last year, Freeman said.
This Thursday I am hanging on tighter than I did last year.
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RAIN IT DOWN
Ok, one of my BIGGEST fears is heights. I am just sick over the thoughts that must have been running through this guys mind as he began to fall. Ohhhhh.
Also, watched the video….yeah, THAT freaked me out a bit! You are all brave souls for that hike.
And last but not least….LOVE the wifes new ink! Very cool!
Im not gonna lie to you. That scares the hell out of me.
I just about peed my pants watching the video… You know, i’m sure at the end there’s this great sense of accomplishment and all that… well, except for the guy that fell to his death. I’ll stick to mole hills.
Your nuts, dude. Stay home and spend a little time with Heather’s new CW.
Oh no … never, never, ever. I felt sick watching that.
how do you get back down?
The people who saw the terrible accident were from Bayside Church in Granite Bay… that’s where Lincoln Brewster is the worship pastor. Neither here nor there, but since this blog has a worship bent, there you have it.
i’ve done it and it still looks pretty scary. I think coming down was almost worse. cool accomplishment though.
oh yeah, and bummed we can’t go with! c-ya at dog house tonight though!
And on the eighth day God created adrenaline junkies