A college student from Arizona was hiking Half Dome when a storm came. She slipped on wet granite and fell to her death.
  • enbyecho@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 months ago

    Because you’d (a) need a harness; (b) have to know how to use it and use slings; © it’s not 5.4.

    Many actual climbers descending this route do in fact use this, although for many that’s more about fear of chuckleheads fucking up than the actual descent - it’s class III but the wear on the rock makes it quite slippery in places.