Mt. San Jacinto Outdoor Recreation

A hiker fell on the cables below Half Dome during a storm.(Desert Sun report)
http://www.summitpost.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=46224

Yes this is a terrible tragedy, my sympathy goes out to his friends and family.

I don't like posting critical comments - however, I saw enough literature and whatnot before last weekend commenting on how slick the granite at the cables has become, due to the 50,000 hikers that go up it each year. I saw the throngs of people last fall, late in the day, and won't go into further commentary on what I saw among them. Imagine - there were a minimum of 30 people up there in obvious thunderstorm conditions last weekend when that man slipped.

I will be fortunate enough to be backpacking Yosemite in a couple of weeks - I won't be going near half dome's cables again.

The LA Times says 41 people had to be helped down
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/outpost ... ances.html
You have to see this picture on the link below to believe it
http://www.summitpost.org/image/330948/ ... rowds.html

Here is an interesting article by Backpacker.com by the couple directly in front of Munoj under Readers Comments.
http://www.backpacker.com/yellowstone_d ... _dirt/1101

Also check out http://hikerhell.blogspot.com (Scroll down)