The Deadly Half Dome Cave | Hikers Caught in Yosemite Lightning Storm
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- čas přidán 9. 07. 2024
- Half Dome is a Yosemite icon and a great challenge to many hikers to climb to the top. On September 21, 2023, Jordan Dean, Josh Van Dyke, Jordan Swendener a couple of other friends set off for a typical hike on the trail to Half Dome, one of the most popular hikes in America. The day started off clear. The group checked the weather before they set out for a hike, and Jordan Dean remembers seeing a low probability of rain Thursday morning as they set out to summit Half Dome. At the base of the cables, there’s an infamous warning sign to hikers, warning of lightning strikes. To reach the top of Half Dome, hikers must climb the side mountain, about 400 feet or 120 meters, maintaining balance using metal cables. Nevertheless, they climbed, holding onto the cables. While it was sunny when they began the ascent, little did they know an incoming storm awaited them at the top, and a terrifying ordeal was in their near future.
0:00 Introduction
0:40 Yosemite National Park
2:00 The Half Dome Lightning Storm Disaster
11:15 Conclusion
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Decades ago, a friend and I hiked from Tuolumne Meadows to Budd Lake for a "guerrilla camp" (illegal, being too close to the meadows for legal camping). We set up my North Face Oval Intention tent (a 4 season geodesic dome with crisscrossing aluminum tent poles under the rainfly), made dinner then hung our breakfast and toothpaste with counterbalance up in a tree. We drank some sort of liquor (I forget what exactly) while we chatted before sleep. In the dark, we suddenly began to hear raindrops hitting the tent that quickly increased to a near torrential downpour. Then, the lightning and thunder began and built to a crescendo; the thunder was so loud and occurred, some of it almost indistinguishable from the lightning. With each strike, it was brighter than day inside the tent and our ears rang from the ensuing thunder. We debated what to do, but ended up putting our boots back on, folded our ensolite pads and crouched on top of them until the storm passed. With shaking hands, we drank more booze before finally falling asleep. Talk about the luck of fools...
Wow just reading this scared me! I can only imagine being going through it was terrifying.
I've been in storms like that 3 times in the back country. The crackle of the lightning was ear piercing and when some of the close strikes hit the hair on my arms was standing straight up from the static electricity in the air. Talk about wanting to 💩your pants. And what do you do when your 10-20 miles off the road? Sit it out and pray.
remember as a child riding back with my grandfather on the bike... we had been gathering mushrooms in a forest 10km or so from the town where he lived (those were scarce days & food from the forest was a welcome addition to the diet)...
it had been an uncommonly warm and sunny early autumn day, but as we exited the forest, you could clearly sea dark clouds gathering in the distance. now, the road into town was a quiet ribbon of concrete raised between flat fields belonging to the local collective, at this time, devoid of people and even the most temporary shelter (the forest, though nearby, was across a marsh which was timely and energy consuming to get across).... we were struck by the lightning storm about half way to the city, though, I did not see where the bolts had struck, you could feel the tingling pangs in the feet and fingertips just before each clap thunder...
we finally managed to reach an unbuilt apartment block or factory block on the towns edge, where we sought shelter for the next few hours until the sky turned golden blue of a clear, if now cold, sunset.
Weather changes can happen so quickly. The power that resides within nature is mind blowing and awe inspiring. Another great video, my friend! Appreciate you! 👊🏻
Knowing how treacherous the wet granite rocks and boulders around the Merced River are - numerous people have slipped off them, been swept into fast-moving water, and drowned - the thought of ascending or, even worse, descending Half Dome on wet granite is beyond terrifying to me.
I've been in that cave. Some friends and I from Santa Cruz did this hike as a day trip back in the 90's and had a very similar experience though thankfully without being struck by lightening. We read the sign and there was only the tiniest cloud on the Western horizon. The fog rolled in and then came the hail. People were freezing up on the cables just like that day and others were climbing around them to get down. We waited for our friend who was one of the last people down the cables, then ran all the way down the trail to the car. While in the cave, we were dangling out feet over the edge and one of us lost a Birkenstock. It was such a beautiful sight watching it spin as it fell for so long until it landed on a ledge near the bottom of the face.
You don't know just how lucky you and your friends were.
In 96 I was a contract timber faller on the Thunder Mountain fire. Three pairs of fallers were assigned the task of cutting out a helicopter landing area on the highest part of the ridge above the Chewack River. We started out early, forded the icy River and began the climb. Halfway up, just after we went up a cliff passing our saws, packs, gas jugs and saws up our human change, a thunderstorm began.
There wasn't a lot to do about it as we were half a mile up the mountain. Lightning kept hitting on the rocky ridge above us.
It was an interesting situation.
The lightning moved on toward the east. We continued upward with a steady moderate rainfall. This was knocking the fire down, but they needed to get supplies to the hand crews, so we continued the climb.
At the top, we started falling the trees to create a clearing for the helispot.
Nearing completion a huge crack broke through our ear protection. A snag a 100 yards down the face we had just ascended, exploded spreading small and large chunks of wood across the landscape.
We had a quick discussion while gathering our gear. We had been bucking the trees into small enough pieces for hand crews to move, as they are notorious for running dull saws.
While preparing our exit there was a lull in the lightning. We dumped the last few dozen trees and headed east.
Our route to the nearest road took us till well after dark. It was raining a cold Cascade Mountains style rain.
Damn....those were the good old days. 😅
Legit... this WOULDN'T have happened to me. Why the overwhelming confidence? Because I watch YOUR VIDEOS!!!
You are not simply entertaining, you are saving lives my friend. Keep up the good work.
I always welcome the great survival advise I get at the end of your videos, as well as the stories themselves. Thanks!
Awesome, thank you!
I love the way you tell stories and with the dramatic music playing in the background these tales are very intense and nerve racking. Your channel will grow and you deserve that.
Thank you! I too think the music fits these stories. Took me a while to find the right bg music when I created this channel. I just knew it was it when I heard it.
I can deal with a lot of stuff in the mountains but being above treeline during a lighting storm SUCKS. Nothing makes you feel more vulnerable and exposed.
I use to offshore fish in the ocean and have been scared twice out there. Once coming in though a thunderstorm and although I'd lowered my antennas as well as taken down all rods we were still the tallest object out there. Neither of us were struck and it could be attributed to luck or the fact I had the best Co capt and navigator there is.
He went on every trip I took and I give Him credit for us all returning safely every trip, everyone happy , smelling a little fishy ready to go again.
Thank you for Your help Lord, I wouldn't go without You.
Special thanks to @babymammoth6254 for bringing this story to my attention. Surpise upload! Thank you all for your support!
Can't believe this happened again. If only they watched Outdoor Disasters! They would've been well aware that this cave's deadly past and was the worst decision they could've made. This isn't like the 1985 disaster where the hikers ignored hikers coming down, and the thunder and dark clouds rolling in. The weather was pretty good and deteriorated quickly as they submitted. Only mistake was going into the cave. Had a better chance just crouching down and hoping for the best. You can watch the video about the past event on top of Half Dome here: czcams.com/video/v4v-3K_ZlAk/video.htmlsi=RkPi6fma4XLXicHX
There's also a great video of the events of that day. Highly recommend watching it:
czcams.com/video/vbo0bsxmbtU/video.htmlsi=xx8x-dwsSUKCcU_4
I saw the title of this video and was like "Broo no wayyyyyyy!"
Daaaaang...AGAIN?!! I remember the last crazy story you posted about this exact same scenario 😮
What you have forgotten to mention is that that particular cave is known to the Miwok people to hold a special yet terrifying ability to cause one to experience quantum jumping when inside the cave while it is struck with sudden amounts of electromagnetism (i.e. lightning). I would make sure these individuals check their noise bleeds and ensure whether or not their timeline is moving a consecutive/linear direction. That "are we in Denver" comment may be a symptom. Describing two women falling and landing on the same ledge (de ja vu) may suggest quantum jumping.
I suffer from quantum jumping. What you would call yesterday, I saw your shocking CZcams apology that has yet to happened. What you would call last week, I was surviving off condensation on pipes in the nuclear winter of 2047. What you called last month, I heard In Bev discontinued Bud Ice. All terrifying experiences.
However, I do experience the good. It is really good to watch this video again. Brings back memories.
@wasabiflavoredcocaine Man, cool it on the bud ice bro 😅
Tbh i would've done the same thing bc of not being aware this cave is vulnerable for strikes on the inside. Must be an aweful experience since getting out of the cave poses just as much of a risk.
Again, a well made episode !!
The other Half-Dome lightning story is my favorite video of yours, and one of my favorites on all of CZcams right now. Another Half Dome lightning story? You spoil me!!
You're so awesome Diana! It's definitely one of my favorites as well. When researching this story, I was couldn't believe that someone would make that same mistake. Obviously they had no idea about what to do in lightning storms or the deadly history of that cave.
Lol I will go into that cave next and spoil you even more!
@wasabiflavoredcocaine Allos. I don't get you people. 🙄♠️ Surprise, not literally everything is a sexual entendre.
I was leading a tour group in the park that day, and watched the weather deteriorate quickly around the domes and cliffs above the valley. When clouds start to form around Half Dome, it's already too late to turn around and safely outrace the weather, if you're on the crowded summit.
Yeah, that's what they said. Weather was just find going up, then quickly deteriorated. This isn't like the 1985 disaster where the hikers ignored hikers coming down, and the thunder and dark clouds rolling in. Only mistake was going into the cave. Had a better chance just crouching down and hoping for the best.
Really? So just sit there?
@@outdoordisasters why not put rubber mats in the cave. ?
I will never hike in a place that crowded. I don’t understand the appeal.
@@billbally4419 The summit of Half Dome is the worst place to be in the whole park. If you're up there you're kinda screwed regardless. Your best chance may be to try to get to the side of the summit and crouch down. The tip of the mountain where the cave is located is like a lightning rod.
In times past I read a book about the lightning deaths that occurred on top of half dome in the 1980s. It is dangerous to be on the top of any mountain or dome peak during a thunderstorm. I once was on top of Mammoth Mountain at Mammoth Lakes when a thunderstorm was approaching. The workers at the facility on top of Mammoth Mountain gathered all the visitors on Mammoth Mountain and sent them down the mountain in the gondola cars before the thunderstorm arrived in the area.
The book Shattered Air.
I'm mentioned in that book. I was on YOSAR at the time and was directly involved in the rescue and body recoveries.
A lot of people die om Half Dome.
The first BASE jumping fatality occurred om Half Dome, it's quite the horrific story. I did the body recovery.
More people are killed via lighting around the world every year than people know about.
They should build a Faraday cage open safe-room up there. The top area is huge and it wouldn’t be too ugly... I climbed Half Dome using the cables back in the 80’s. It’s a hard all day hike due to the 3000ft elevation gain from the valley floor and 12 mile length. There is a permanent warning sign about lightning storms before you get to the cables. Anyone who goes up there in the rain/potential rainstorm is crazy or stupid and will be a candidate for the Half Dome Darwin Award.
Electric field around a body is more intense where that body has protrusions, the pointier the protrusion the more intense the electric field.
The Half Dome is already a big protrusion of the Earth surface but that cave is placed exactly in the pointiest part of the Dome. It is exactly the worst place to be during a lightning storm.
I've always had a great fascination with lightning and thunder. I enjoy watching them every chance I get. But I also make damn sure I'm in a safe place to watch. I don't take it for granted that it's nothing more than a cool light show.
Me too. From a far distance!
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Man I love the narrative voice in your videos. Sounds like Morgan freeman but with 37% less freckles.
Haha thanks. Great man he is.
They need to put a sign on that cave now man, glad this story went a lot better in the end.
There are signs that the whole dome is dangerous. Parsing further can actually increase liability
That is true, I see how they have the signs saying don't go up during storms, careful of lightning and all. If I am honest though until watching outdoor disasters (while I would not climb in a storm or anything like that) I didn't realize a cave like that wouldn't be safe either you know? I can understand how those who went there thought, it is a shelter, we are fine. I know I would have thought the same thing until I started watching this channel. @@arh1234
@@arh1234 The sign says it's dangerous, but they put up metal cables to invite you to climb it. Hilarious.
That is great the way you give education in your production. Excellent to watch. 😊
Thank you very much!
Not only can lightning strike twice in the same place, but can and WILL do so when people seek shelter in that deathtrap cave on the half dome.
Mother Nature is not dumb.
They really need to put more warning signs on that cave. Not safe during rainstorms!
Was thinking the same thing. Has to be something there warning them to not enter!
The cave isn't the problem 🤷♂️
There's the warning to not go beyond a certain point (it was in the video). I would think those cable handrails would be just as dangerous.
@@debbieellett9093 hell yeah 😫
@@debbieellett9093 actually , they should just take the cables down already 👌
The geography makes Yosemite a thunderstorm factory during the western US monsoon season. I've witnessed Yosemite spit out 2 massive thunderstorms from the eastern side of the Sierras before 11:00 AM. We were fishing on Grant Lake and watched as they were pinched off then floated on over to Nevada. With thunder & lighting, heavy rain & hail, with 60 mph winds, both storms wreaked havoc on Burning Man, shutting it down.
Omg. I can’t climb half dome but if I did, I would be non-stop on and on about not going near the cave. Holy cow.
I’ve been up Half Dome three times. Never in rain, or during a thunderstorm, or threat of thunderstorms. In fact, each time was a warm, sunny, or spring day. Apparently the weather reports didn’t indicate the incoming storm.
By now everyone should know to wear a harness with a clipped in caribeener on the cables.
Back in the 80's when I climbed half dome, that was unheard of
@@dreamofmermaids shouldn’t be anymore though.
Exactly
Yet another outstanding video about Half Dome by Outdoor Disasters. The climbers in this story should count their blessings, as their situation could have been much much worse - check out the other Half Dome video on this channel, for those who haven’t already.
have not heard others express the lightening and thunder simultaneously before. I experienced that as a kid on my paper route when I got home found lightening had struck and blew out the electric grid for the whole town sparks flew out everyone's outlets all 240v appliances were fried for me the flash n thunder happened at the same time I was not struck as far as I know lol but it was an experience Ive never forgotten
Yay!! Another awesome video!!! Thank you soooo much!! ❤
No problem 😊
I climbed half dome. Thank goodness it was a perfect day.🙏
The first time I was ever up there was in 1987 and I had it all to myself. Has anyone else ever experienced that?
1983-1985 we would camp on top a couple of times per summer. Always had the place to ourselves. It was great. The last time we went was one week after those guys got zapped. We found a charred boot in that cave. It was very sad.
There's a big metal pole (or at least there used to be) inside the cave which is why you are not supposed to go in there during storms.
Not since 1988...
New subscriber! Thank you for sharing. I'm glad everyone survived ..
Welcome!
Im amazed the cave didnt protect them! Thanks for the heads up.
Always support for your great videos 👌 great video again .
Thanks again!
Park ranger should put a sign in the cave. "During a lightning storm, it is deadly to shelter in this cave."
also a strick warning sign at the start of the climb. we really need to send letters to the Park demanding the warning signs.
They really should put an addendum to the sign warning people that, no, the cave will not save you from lightning. You'd think it wouldn't need clarification, but apparently, it does.
The Park might put a plaque in the cave, with a warning.
Yosemite is one of the most amazing places I have ever seen, and I am glad that I have been able to go a few times. It can be treacherous! "Deaths in Yosemite" is a great book on the topic.
I like that this channel's author(s) include safety tips at the end of each story so that people can enjoy the outdoors armed with useful information.
appreciate your content goodsir
No problem my friend
Okay so can someone explain why that cave is so dangerous? I've seen both videos. Why was the guy who crawled 150 feet to a crevasse nearby safe but the people in the cave were not?
Caves on mountains can be like the gap between a spark plug in a thunderstorm. Taught that in boy scouts 50 years ago.
Learnt to get off landlines in thunderstorms when I got thrown out of bed and nearly downstairs by a lightning strike on the line somewhere nearby. Came to with my head hanging down the stairs!
Why is the cave in the rocks the worst place to be in the lightning storm?
Thank you. The connection was not clearly explained.
Nevermind. I skipped to comment before finishing.
Skin Effect. Current travels on the surface of wires and everything else for the most part.
I have been in that cave. I didn't know about this story at the time.
They really should remove the cables. They give the unprepared a false sense of security.
I was there in 1985 my friend and I hiked up the weekend before that group got hit. We sat on sub dome waiting for some clouds to leave the area before we climbed the cables. We looked in that cave and my friend asked to go in and I said F you. There is a smaller cave up there with a nice big metal lightning rod in it also. Today It's like ants on a popsicle stick on the cables. If you go please be careful it could mean your life.
Love when Dagoth Ur tells me about outdoor disasters.
Why does the cave react like that? Would’ve liked an explanation to what makes this cave so dangerous during lightning. Anyone know?
Probably because people will take shelter in it to get out of the rain. It also might be where it’s located on the summit.
The guy who wrote “Shattered Air” which is the story about the 1985 lightning strike described Half Dome as a giant lightning rod in itself because of the granite.
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I watched a video the other day from someone who was actually on that hike. Or maybe it was a different day but it sounded exactly like the one you are describing, the only difference is a women died when she slipped on the cables. He has video of people stuck on the cables and the terrible weather. He said he had video of the women falling but out of respect did not show it. They definitely started their hike way to late and some were not in great shape. Many were crying. It was not good.
You have a link to that video? Would like to watch it
@@outdoordisasters czcams.com/video/vbo0bsxmbtU/video.htmlsi=59ZIabi1VyWM92Rl
@@outdoordisastersWas that the same group of people you made the video about?
@@mtadams2009 there was video I made about an event in 1985. This one was a few weeks ago.
@@outdoordisastersSadly people keep making the same mistakes. It’s actually very sad. I wish people at the very least would start these long hikes early in the morning. I am an east coast hiker and if I was to do this hike I think I would start at about 4am. Get up and off the top before the afternoon thunderstorms roll in. Take care
I just watched avid taken by a man on the Dome that day. This 3 women became panicked, they froze on the ropes stopping people from being able to descend. I watched the whole thing, they were not at all prepared or fit enough to be on that mountain. They endangered people already at risk and then their rescuers. Makes me so angry
My biggest fear lighting 😮
You're afraid of lights? Lighting? Most people are afraid of the dark 😅!
More!? Wait…there is already a sign on or in the cave warning of the danger of sheltering within during lightning? If so, then wtf people…like really?😑🤦♀️🤷♀️
So weird? People on the summit and people holding onto cables were not struck, but those sheltering in that cave were? What's the science behind that cave being a (repeated) target for the strikes?
They got a little shock on the cables, but nothing as severe as in the cave.l
Maybe the park authorities could put a lightning rod nearby to attract it away from the cave?
I don't know why they let people climb half dome anyway! It's a complete nightmare in slick weather, let alone lightening storms, and it doesn't look nearly as dangerous as it is. Rescues cost a bloody fortune every year!
It is incredible that nobody had received a major injury, death, nor fell into a tear in the spacetime continuum with all that lightning in that cave. I hate to fall back in time to 1985 or something where I cannot get Bud Ice.
Also, that guy who rescued two women from the same ledge consecutively that day deserves a raise and a .
Huh?
In my opinion.......urp.............when you go to enter that cave..........Burpppp!.............they ought'a serve more liquor. Preferably Bud Ice. That way I can travel back to 1974 and give that Howard Cosell what's comin to him.
Its like dejavu
Really is. They were extremely lucky. Seems like the strikes weren't as potent at the one in 85.
i feel like the only way to try to survive that is to keep jumping while in the cave and thus reducing contact with the ground and reducing probability to be struck through the granite.
Dang...all this time I thought you were supposed to stand by the nearest tree and hold a 7 iron up as high as you could during a lightning storm 🤔.
I guess I was wrong 😕.
haha
Why was the cave so dangerous and lightening prone????
The voice over on these videos sounds so much like Wayne Dyer 😮
Why not install a lighting rod on the top of the dome?
I don't think it's necessary. No need to desecrate the mountain. There's a clear warning. If there's a cloud in the sky, don't go up or accept the consequences.
@@YosemiteJ means illogical because adding cables for people to get to the top is already bad enough. In addition, people might be injured, exhausted, or the weather is preventing hikers from getting off the dome.
Many people hike without being in shape or carrying any survival gear. What do they expect?
I was on a Mountaintop running a survey actually it was for the new Olympic ski lift back in 2007, in West Vancouver, anyway it turned out to be full of lightning, there might not have been lightning in the Lower Mainland,, but being up in the clouds there sure was, we were running levels and I was an assistant, my party chief tore down his level ran to the trees and laid down,,, I kept walking up the middle of the clearing with a 4 M wooden rod with copper connectors on my shoulders, this piece of equipment was close to 100 years old, it was made with beautiful old hardwood and all four connections were in Copper so 8 copper bits split between four at all connecting points plus the copper bolt plus the copper Wingnut,, across my shoulders....... the lightning came down struck both ends and went to the ground,,, I seen white and tasted copper,, we finished work,, that was a fun day❤
Whoa!
It’s not that I don’t like this channel. I subscribe to it I find it very interesting, but I also find it to be very dangerous. Gives me the willies to see people doing stupid things at Yosemite and at Grand Canyon too people act like they’re indispensable like nothing‘s gonna happen to them Too dangerous be safe rather than be sorry you have educated me very well on safety factors. I wouldn’t go up there if they paid me too ha ha have a great day.👍🏼👍🏼❤️😁
The sun does not have a solid surface. It has a surface region called the photosphere.
Anyone know why that cave attracts lightning?
It's about where the cave is located. At the edge of one of the highest points in the valley. Lightning always looks for the shortest distance to touch the ground. The cave sits up at the tip of the face of a half dome. It always attracts lightning.
Naughty park rangers who failed to put a sign of some sort to not weather lightning in that cave after the last more deadly tragedy. Sheesh people! Just FYI, granite tends to conduct energy and therefore attracts lightning. The metal support structure also conducts energy. And BTW visitors and hikers - please come fully prepared - you definitely need the appropriate footwear. You're not taking a short walk in the park. I won't be doing that climb ever - lightning tends to follow me as I feel the energy it produces. No thank you!
There is no reason any of these disasters have to happen! The park service has any number of means to make the ascent up Half Dome safer and NOT dangerous. First, remove the ascent! Secondly, change the route to change the steepness, Thirdly, to replace the footing to make it safer and build the sides as wooden or string fencing to make it impossible to fall off the mountain, past the fencing, and have clip in cables that will allow carabiners to be attached and thus increase personal safety.
sent a letter with your recommendations to Yosemite NP
I can't help thinking that the women scared to move because of their boots not gripping on the wet rocks would have been much better off barefoot. Unless it's ice or very sharp stones, I would trust my bare feet any time over boots. Am i missing something?
Why is the cave the most dangerous place on top of the mountain
I think it's at the absolute highest point.
Also, it's a confined rocky place that's wet.
Ancient portal shorting out.
Why is it you and others can warn others and yet they think they know better. Granted the weather was nice, but a plan b just in case would have been ideal if possible. May be that cave should be blocked up to prevent others who foolishly go in there and to warn for the slightest cloud formation. On the other hand, maybe it is good that people get injured this way they do not forget and be grateful for the second chance in life that was granted them. So, stay safe, warm/cool, and blessings.
Yes, I say leave that beautiful cave as is, and enter at your own risk.
This we'll keep happening until this hike is finally closed by the Park.
They gotta put a warning on the cave.
It doesn't need to close but a sign could be appropriate. "Cave is dangerous during storms. "
Closing this trail would be tragically absurd. Maybe we should make safety our only purpose in life and never step outside our homes.
The hike is not dangerous, just the last part is -- which is ascending the dome using the metal cables. Most people don't ascend the dome.
It is obvious why you never made it as a writer!
Hi, i really enjoy your Videos- but i have to tell you that the background music is really loud and distracting. The music is good- just way too loud
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Both the major formations mentioned (El Cap and Half Dome) were formed by crystalized magma and erosion, not glacier movement
I remember when my Uncle Homer accidentally locked himself out one night during a storm. Shielding himself with a piece of sheet metal, he ran for the tallest tree in the backyard. Lightning struck that tree, and a limb broke from it. Homer used that limb to create “Wonderbat”, his mighty and powerful home made baseball bat.
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Again? Of course. Lightning will continue to strike Half Dome. Falling off the cables? I don't see how one can do that. People are getting too citified. They don't understand the outdoors. Stay home in a place you pay attention to and understand.
I actually got caught on the summit during an afternoon thunderstorm. The same traffic jam happend to me while trying to get down. I was fortunate enough to get down w/no issues, but this should be a good leaning lesson. If you see clouds building, get down immediately
"descending down" is redundant.
I had to descend up 5 miles both ways on my way to school when I was a child. It was brutal! 😮
Bro we all know about lightning and how pretty Yosemite is. Get to it
They need to make the cave safe . Rubber walls and rubber floor mats
That would make absolutely no difference when lightning strikes with 100,000+ volts and 50,000+ Amps.
I can't believe the park service endorses hiking up this thing...🤦 that railing structure is obviously inadequate. If the park service insists on having some structure to aid climbing, it needs to be something more substantial or safe, maybe some permanent steps with handrails, maybe permanent anti slip rubber mats...🤔🤷
That hike should be closed permanently.
Absolutely NOT.
I will never understand why ppl want to do this stuff
People want to do this “stuff” because it is experiencing the power and majesty of the world. It celebrates our life.
Lack of common sense education while young ?
Two people fell and of course both were women
Th narration is so overdone.
Less is more.
To me the dome is too dangerous. People shouldn’t go up there and bad weather. They should close it up put a gate in front of the walk so nobody can go up. A lot of people have been hurt. Also have been killed make it safe. It’s too dangerous or close it down before more people get killed I guess money is more important to them than human life.👎👎☠️💀😖🤷♂️😪
lol, this is why I don;t climb these things, just a dumb idea
I made the climb when I was a Young Man. I have had a lifetime of Happy outdoor memories to share as a result.
LIGHTNING SHARKS!
Hotter than the sun?