Long before hikers, cables, or climbing routes, Half Dome was known as South Dome & before that, Tissiack by the Ahwahneechee people — a sacred landmark long before modern Yosemite existed. Before George Anderson installed the first iron eyebolts in 1875, the only humans believed to have touched this granite face were local Indigenous tribes. After climbing Half Dome with those early ropes, John Muir reflected on the mountain’s untamed spirit, writing that no amount of human ambition could truly

40K views · 355 reactions | Yosemite Routes are HARD! . Lara Neumeier talks us through her latest climb in the US, El Niño is a 5.13b/c multipitch route which she climbed with Nemuel Feurle. . Watch the full video with Lara now on the EpicTV Climbing Daily Youtube Channel  https://youtu.be/ePxosPlTz_s . #itsepicoutside | EpicTV | Facebook