I've conquered Everest, scaled the face of Half Dome without cables, and climbed the spire of the world's tallest building, all with just a few clicks!

Well watching this video was plenty for me. Another thing I will never do.

Can’t remember if I needed a permit in 1967 when I was 17, Did it in tennis shoes and cutoffs, dangled my feet of the edge on top; it is a deeply impressed memory still today at age 71. Good video ❗️Enjoy👍🏼

I'd feel more safe climbing up the face with rope and gear than going up this way. This is like a bad carnival ride

so if one big guy trips and falls backwards at the top of the cables..DOMINOS

I got half way up and the dude's hat in front of me blew off. I watched it for a couple of minutes as it fell 3000 feet. I grabbed the cable and scooted down.

I’m 61 now, but I hiked to the top in 1990 with my then girlfriend Shubi. Half way up she froze with fear and would not continue. I had to really cajole her for several scary minutes before she worked up enough nerve to start moving up again. Finally we made it to the summit and stayed up there for 3 hours. Absolutely beautiful breathtaking views. We hiked 8 miles to get to the sub dome, climbed to the summit and stayed for three hours and then hiked back 8 miles. We slept like babies in our tent that night. I’m so glad I did the hike then as my fear of heights has gotten so much more pronounced as I’ve gotten older. A lifetime memory that I’ll never forget.

I made it to the top on July 4, 1976. I got up before dawn and hiked through Curry Village to Happy Isles and set off. Since I was alone, I could set my own pace. I do not remember a crowd per se, but I guess it was because I was there early, because I was 24 years old and in shape and went quickly. I wore combat boots if you can imagine that. A couple on top asked me to take their photo, which I did. I had no camera, but I have my memories.

Im 14 and I climbed Half Dome! Did it last year and feel very proud ever scince!

That is very well narrated.

I'm getting anxiety just watching this. One of my greatest fears. Nope! I'll just take in it's beauty from afar & not try to tumble down the rock thank you. Kudos to u guys brave enough! 😊👍

I guess I'm too old for this. I would stay at the camp site and carpe donuts!

Great footage & you got balls man! Just climbed the cables yesterday & now I realize how fortunate I was to get to subdome at 10:30 am on a weekday before Labor Day. It wasn't nearly as crowded as this. I had to comment because you are absolutely right about the friendliness along the route. People down at vernal falls, at the low hanging fruit, were much less friendly. At the top, everybody was your best pal. Friendliness was almost exponentially higher with altitude & risk. Interesting & very cool to experience. Cool video, thanks for uploading!

It's beautiful but holy anxiety! My heart is racing. I can't help but feel terrified that someone from above could slip and drag everyone down. Hopefully people hiking this are doing so with good judgement of their limitations!

One of those things I feel I don't need to do

I would be hugging that rock stomach to the ground like a baby... They might even have to come pull my ass of that rock. Some people just arent cut out for this type of thing. I respect those who can deal with it.

I successfully climbed Half Dome on Sept. 7, 2017. Thank you for the helpful tips and inspiration!

No f-ing way would I do that without clipping in. One big gust of wind and you're a memory.

Shit looks a lot easier than how it really is. I was fucking shitting bricks doing this since my shoes kept slipping

I am tired and hands sweaty just watching this.

Great background music and thanks for making this!!!

Thanks Rick, I am planning on doing Half Dome next summer (2017). I try to go to Yosemite every year even though I live on the East Coast. It is my favorite place on earth so far..

A co-worker who has climbed Half Dome thought I should do it. But he did it before it was crowded. When I see the number of people, especially those walking on the outside of the cables, I decided not to try. Too many people, too many selfie takers, too many people who are reckless.

I'm so relieved I grew up at a time when Yosemite was a true paradise, not the traffic jam it is today. When I climbed this mountain there were 5 other people, if that. This is shocking and would not be fun.

Thank you - I have a fear of heights so this was great to see first hand!

I worked for yosemite YCC years ago in highschool for a couple summers, i can attest to the gnarlyness of this cable climb. 2 days after my crew climbed up we had to come back and help search for a missing hiker, it turned out he went up the cables and at some point hopped over them and was freely walking up the side, he slipped and fell for a long time, limbs were missing and he was essentially unrecognizable as a human being when found. It was the craziest thing id seen in life up to that point.

Definitely on my list to get done, thanks for the video!

It's like Everest, in terms of crowds and people _hiking_ up the mountain.

An absolutely beautiful video. I watched this not too long before my trip was about to begin to Yosemite where I would summit Half Dome with my aunt. Your video provided me with an amazing outlook on the hike and informed me on many things I was concerned about. I summited Half Dome on July 2nd, 2019 at 15 years of age and I couldn't be any more thankful for the experience.

Just climbed half dome on Monday. This is an incredibly difficult hike- I am a novice hiker, 17+ miles round trip and it took our group of mid 20 yr olds 13 hours to complete. I was very concerned with my fear of heights and my concern was valid. I ended up powering through by simply not looking over the sides of Halfdome and simply focused on my buddy in front of me but it was still terrifying. I would wait until later in the afternoon (1-3 PM) to actually begin the cables because there is much less congestion and you can move quickly without stopping to let someone pass. ALSO, Subdome, which is a massive mini mountain is a very tough hike that you must conquer that in order to get to the base of the cables. My advice would be to train extensively before making this hike- it will probably be the most difficult hike you have ever done

My friends and I are preparing to do this in May. Cant wait thanks for the video!

Thanks for the great informative video. Heard a lot about Half Dome for about 20 years. Don't think will every climb there but now I got to see how it is.

I used the cables way back in 1979. Back then all the vertical poles were very wobbly and I remember thinking, WTF???, Yosemite officials approved this wobbly death trap cable rig??? The vertical poles look firmly attached in this vid, thank God, I didn't think I was gonna make it back in 1979. I don't remember any lines back then. We also camped overnight on top of the summit. I believe it was still legal back in 1979.

My 12 year old son, his mom and I did it without a problem. People in flip flops were crying on the way down.. don’t be a gumba, go prepared. It’s beautiful and a life remembering hike. ps, the cable stanchions do come out of the holes, so dont be surprised.

this is great, thank you for putting this up!

Thanks for the videos man, I watched this video before I did this hike the first time back when I was 10. Your videos helped me a lot with my first ascent, and now I go back every summer to do the hike.

Just did the hike a few days ago, and I have to say that while I HAD a fear of heights, I overcame it by summiting this beautiful behemoth of a rock. Willing to do it again.

We did this hike 2 days ago, Dec. 6, 2014. If anyone reads this, and possesses a general knowledge of rock climbing, you should wait for the off season. From the trail head to the summit we saw maybe 30-40 people. Once we passed the Nevada Falls trail juncture, we saw only 6; 1 coming down from Sub-Dome and 5 that came behind us to join us on the summit. We traveled over 6,000 miles to do this hike and the weather was perfect, warm at day, cold at night, and clear skies. We hiked in shorts and shirtless most of the way and only had to dawn cold weather gear before the push to the summit. There was snow on the way up and at the top, however simple common sense prevented accidents. The only caveat to doing the hike in the off season is that the cables are resting on the rock (no metal support poles or wooden 2x4s). Therefore, you must pick the cables up under your own strength and trust me, they are not light. At the points where they are bolted into the rock, the tension is too severe to even attempt to pick them up. We hiked using Black Diamond climbing harnesses, locking carabiners, pressiks, climbing boots, and simple Cabelas brand gloves (more for the cold than anything). For those who are unfamiliar with pressiks, we tied a 3 foot or less rope through our harness using a double-fishermen's knot and then wrapped the rope around the cable twice, forming two bites, and then clipped the rope to our carabiner. In case of a fall, the bites would synch together, create friction, and hold us in place. Not to mention, the cables are also secured by 3ft+ support cables along the path to prevent them from swaying. So, if we fell, we would fall until we reached one of these points. We also utilized a safety pressik because at these conjuctures, and when we swapped cables (there are technically 3 or 4 separate cables), we had to disconnect and re-connect. We then repelled in normal fashion using the Pressik. The ascent took approximately 20 minutes (I rested a bit and took photos), and the descent took less that 10. We left the trailhead at 11am, summited at 4pm, watched the sunset, and hiked back down to sub-dome at dusk and all the way back to the valley at dark. It took us 10 or so hours. My friend and I are college students from Atlanta, Georgia and have attained climbing and mountaineering skills through the Boy Scouts. We are not experts, however, we know how to travel smart, and hike safe. Again, if the weather permits, go during the off season and your experiene will be 100x better. Not to mention, from what I have seen, most deaths happening during the summer.

Just watching this clip is more than enough for me...

Thanks for all of the info on this vid. I just did halfdome yesterday. Still sore but well worth it.

no way would I ever do this; I don't mess with nature lol. You people are crazy

I did this hike with my dad at about 14 years old. I went ahead of him because people kept breathing down my neck. Please give people some space. It's not like you tailgating me is gonna make everyone in front of me go faster

Super !! My regards from New York. 🤔😀👍👍👍

Beautifully narrated, lovely music, spectacular views!

Thank you for your work on this sir ! Looks almost fully vertical at some points

I'll be there in less than 2 weeks! Ya baaaby!!!!

Perfect documentary voice and commentary (info, tips, history) with background music; also great ascending movement without stalls & wobbling! Best half-dome cable video. Ps I'd like the caterpillar of people as long as good weather as an excuse to hike slow!

Thanks for sharing this.

I went with 5 friends. After researching it and knowing our ages, we decided to camp overnight at Little Yosemite which got us to the cables with very few people there. Also, it cut the trip in half and much more enjoyable and able to take in the scenery longer. Worth the doing, but as been mentioned - prepare for the hike, it's long and strenuous for most people. Thanks for the video, btw.

@halfdomerick Your narration flows very smoothly. Thanks for the good info. Will be up there in July. Going to bring a helmet cam.

Can't wait to hike Halfdome next week! Wooo!

Excellent documentary. Thanks for posting. I hiked it in my 20s and it was a brutal hike.

Really good video for people considering the hike. Lots of good tips...gotta get it done.

this is flat insane! how are there not more accidents?! and if a cable snapped you'd lose 100 people.

Wow; thank you. Always wondered what this looks like!

Marvelous video. I had fully intended to go up, but I chickened out at the bottom of the cables. So I was happy to climb it on video. Much easier and less dangerous.

We've had over 750,000 views. I hope it helps you "feel" what it's like. Anyone can do this if medically OK...with Education, Preparation and Motivation. Go for it!! Carpe Diem - Seize the Day! Read "One Best Hike: Yosemite's Half Dome." I also sell "Made it to the top" TShirts - let me know if interested.

My friend convinced me to go on a hike in Yosemite this June, didn’t realize what I was gonna do (I’m shitting myself after watching this video)

I've been blessed to do it twice. The view is unbelievable and the moment you feel a bit confident- somebody's water bottle comes bouncing down the rock, disappearing into the valley, thousands of feet below.

Awesome video dude you seriously rock

I have such a fear of heights this is the LAST place I want to be.

Thanks great vid. I think I'll venture a try. It was interesting how the narrator sounds like a 1950's PSA, but it's shot with GoPro.

Best informed video. Thank you for the video . Me and wife will do it for our 18 anniversary this May 2019

This is one of my favorite ascending videos !

I'm not even there and my hands are sweeting from just watching! >_

I did this climb on acid back in 2003. Boy did that day seem never-ending. Good times

So good! Bravo!

I am firmly convinced I'd never make it up these. Far to many people and I'm now to old. Thanks for posting.

I think I heard of one guy a few years back that slipped during a rain storm and fell to his death. I have to say it's a minor miracle that more people have not fallen off. I'm surprised kids as young as 7 are allowed as well. One small slip and its good night.

If weather moves in, the cables can also become electrically charged.

Just did this hike on Sunday Sept. 27th 2015 in celebration of my girlfriends 50th birthday. I too am a 50 year old woman in pretty good shape, hike regularly and trained for this hike. It was ROUGH !!! The entire hike up to the subdome and the cables is uphill, over 8 miles from Curry Village. Then you get to the cables which is a mental thing as well as a strength thing. This video is awesome. I only wish you looked down a bit more in the video as is really shows how steep the cables route is. For my group it was just as challenging going down as it was going up. This is a great video !! (I watched a lot of them)

Very nice. Great idea for a video. The first time I hiked half dome I was young and as fit as I come. It was June yet cold blustery and snowing! I was the only one up there that day and I did the round trip from valley floor in 6 hours. The second time I went up was years later and the most beautiful, clear, sunny day. There were 4726 people on the cables that day. More or less.

Unbelievable. This is on my "to do" list.

Looks like fun, but I'd be worried that someone from above would fall and take me out.

Great narration really enjoyed the video. I first topped Half Dome in 1972 if memory is right and last did it in 1996. In 72 there were no permits and not crowed at all at least not on the day we did it. Thanks Again

Stairway to heaven ✨

I want to open a beer stand at the top.

2030 they’re installing a elevator to the top. I’m thinking I might give it a try then, we’ll see!

Went up September 29, 2016. Did the trip in 10 hours. One of the most, if not the, beautiful and rewarding hikes I’ve ever done. Can’t wait to do it again.

just went to Yosemite last week with some friends! went up to Half dome, but it was too late to climb up the cables....we were hiking down pass midnight! :O

Your awesome Mr. Half Dome, this video is amazimg. All the negative comments people are saying are ridiculous. You have hiked it numerous times so you are expirenced. and it looks safe too me. I would hate to wait for all thoes people taking breaks.

holy f my hands are sweating

A nice hike. I have hiked mountians in BC Canada!

Great tutorial about the climb

Do not attempt this if you are not in good condition. I was a long distance runner and also worked out at the gym. I suggest not taking pre-teens. I hiked it back in the 80s. I left the valley floor at sunrise and got back after sunset. You are already at high altitude when you leave the valley floor and you are going to gain 4000 more feet. If I had know what was waiting for me at the cables I might not have gone. When I saw it I could not believe it. To be honest , If I had been alone I might not have gone up. But I met some other people on my solo hike and joined their group and I did not want to look like a scaredee-cat in front of them. The view was worth it and I got to see someone climbing up the face. So in 12 hours I hiked there and back ( about 16 miles?) gained 4000 feet going up, went up and down the cables. I compare it with running the 26 mile marathon I did once. I left my backpack at the base of the cables to go up. When I got back the ground critters had eaten holes in it to get at a snack I had inside....had to buy a new one back at the valley store. I think those critters have a racket going with the pack pack sales people to increase sales.

Look up Alex Honnold. He climbed up the sheer face of it. Without a rope. 1200 feet.

This was great...thank you!

Done the climb a few times, it is such a fantastic experience! Take plenty of food and water, it is long way in and back out and as you can see, the climb is very strenuous in both directions.

I was there 30 years ago. I started to climb up and realized that if I was to slip and fall, I would probably die. So I turned around and went down. This is way too steep and dangerous for the average person. There should be a harness and tether system required for safety so you are always secured to the cable. Surprises me that the park system allows anyone to climb up that route. I can imagine somebody like myself, getting half way up and then becoming too scared to either go up or down and sit there and wait for a rescue. I have skydived at least 13 times prior to climbing and I have a fear of heights, like standing near the edges of tall buildings, getting near tall glass windows on high buildings, looking down old stair cases where you can see 5-10-20 floors below etc, flying in an airplane does not bother me at all.

Wow!! I can only imagine how startled some people were as you came pushing past them on the outside of the cable. Was there no better time to pull this stunt than on a crowded day?

WOW astonishing, i don't know how people do this, my heart beating so fast just watching

Very informative. Thank you!

haha screw the line im walking on the outside, said the camerman

i wouldnt have the balls for this sadly. :(

Missed my chance, knee replacements and overweight now...damn.👋👊✊ but bravo to those that try and try and make it. 😀

Awesome video! Thanks!!

I did this 7.1 mile hike (one-way) up to the top of the Dome once, way, way, WAY back in ancient 1977. If you CAN physically do it...then DO it...at least once. (long, long historical post...) My favorite landmark along the way is/was the tourist Warning Sign posted right at the top of the Falls next to the safety rail that runs near the edge of the Falls, about 2.2 miles from the Parking Lot. There is a caricature on this sign of the guy falling over the Falls. The stick-figure cartoon at the top of the Falls represents a poor guy who waded across the Falls, and then slipped and is obviously falling to his death. The sign used to say something like: "How Many Will Die this Year?" I don't remember if the Rangers actually kept a tally of people who waded and slipped to their gruesome deaths.... Q.: Does anyone know if this Warning Sign is still posted at the top of Falls, now in 2017? Dangerous Place: Actually, the top of the Falls isn't really the most "dangerous" place along the way to the top of the Dome, and the Cable Trail isn't that scary as long as you keep one gloved hand on the cable at all times and DON'T look down. Really, the most dangerous and slippery part of the hike between the Trail Head and the Top of Half Dome is really right along the Mist Trail, where one misstep and one ankle-turning skid or slip across wet step-rocks on the Trail can instantly send your butt sliding under the waist-high safety handrail, and then OMFG!!...say goodbye forever, because you WILL go ass over teakettle and crash in a pile of broken bones on the rocks some 400' below, strewn along the gushing, spraying, rushing River gorge. Back then in 1975, my Bay Area Hang-Gliding group of friends were scoping Half Dome out as a possible, radical hang-gliding takeoff point (and hoping) somehow that we could evade all the Ranger Ricks. We had written the Feds (and actually received back a permission letter) to allow our innocent "Kite Flying Club" to fly kites over the Valley Floor.....and of course, we did not mention they were Hang Gliding kites. After making the hike up and verifying that there WAS enough headwind (you need a mild 12-18 mph wind right into your face at a mountaintop take-off place to assure lift) and seeing that there was a natural updraft coming up the face of the Dome itself, we knew it COULD be done. We envisioned using a team of a dozen guys to haul a half-dozen 55lb Rogallo* type kites up the Trail. (The 1970's-era early hang-glider kites were a triangle-shaped* design.) The hike itself is a DANG long 7 mile trail with about 4000' of Elevation, and not for the faint of heart. From the Parking Lot down at the Happy Isles trail head, we'd have to pack those kites up the trail past both Falls with two guys at the ends of each 18' long rolled-up kite. Then we'd grind on up the steepening trail to the base of the Dome, and then slowly, muscle the kites up the cables to the top of the Dome. Doable....as long as you got there ahead of the crowd.....but we expected we'd be stopped either along the way by a Park Ranger on horseback, or worse, a helicopter and a bullhorn, at the top. The "Plan" was to draw straws at the top, with the lucky 6 winners getting to fly down to the Valley Floor and land at Yellow Pine campground. Aside from helping to carry the kites up without getting to fly back down, the "unlucky 6" would take some quick pictures and video from the top and then scurry down. The planned Landing Area was to be right next to the Merced River. We knew we would astonish all of the Yosemite Valley crowd, and we knew we'd immediately be arrested moments after landing. Alas...we never followed through. It wasn't really the illegality of the Flight Plan that stopped us; after all we'd all had no previous problems or worries about taking-off or flying our Gliders from other "illegal" places....we'd been doing it for a while, all over California. Mount Konocti, over Clear Lake. for instance. Mount Umunhum, despite it being closed to the Public. Every high ridge or mountaintop point along the San Mateo and San Francisco county Pacific coastline. And a few hardy souls had already (illegally) flown off Glacier Point in Yosemite......so hang-gliders strapped to the roofs of a bunch of cars down on the Valley Floor probably wouldn't have alerted the Park Rangers. We would have been BUSTED,and BUSTED big time, somewhere along the way....as soon as the sun came up. Oh well. Now, would I consider hiking up that trail again, now, just as a day hike, some 42 years later? It SOUNDS like fun...but...I don't see it happening. Not sure if I still have that kind of leg and heart stamina....and making it to the top of the Dome is kinda like experiencing your first lovemaking experience.....and everyone knows you can't really redo or recreate that amazing "first time' feeling and memory...........

One of the most stressful hiking experiences i have had

Great vid...Last time I was there @ 11:00 am it took me 25 min to get up. Cheers.

The music makes this feel even scarier