I've been scouring the Internet and found many different stats about death on Half Dome. I agree with what some say ... but generalizing it as a "new problem" or comparing a small daily newspaper to Fox News is gibberish. I'm a 25-year-old journalist trying to get better at what I do daily ... the pressure of deadlines in a declining newspaper biz, where far fewer reporters are tryiby jdamschroder - General Discussion
From 1971 through August 2007, there have been nine fatal falls from the cables, three in 2007[7]. On June 16, 2007, Hirofumi Nohara, a native of Japan working in Sunnyvale, California, slipped and plunged 300 feet (91 m) to his death.[7][9]. I cross checked this with a San Jose Mercury story and a book about Half Dome.by jdamschroder - General Discussion
You know that's fine ... yes, I did have 45 minutes to write it. They wanted the piece the next day. This is how it works here -- I've also been a sports reporter, and, unfortunately, it was like a Friday night football game. In all honesty, I've probably gotten 50 e-mails complimenting the article. I think it was a little rushed, and not my best, but I haven't seen a better article published aby jdamschroder - General Discussion
I'm that reporter. A) You can't actually see the meadow but you can see what I consider to be the peaks of Tuolumne Meadows. I apologize for this. Sometimes in my job, like this article, I had to write this piece in about 45 minutes and didn't consider that the meadow is blocked. And yes, I've climbed and hiked all over the world. I've done Half Dome a dozen times in my life. I've also climbby jdamschroder - General Discussion