Shattered Air
A True Account of Catastrophe and Courage on Yosemites Half Dome

Since I have climbed Half Dome before, and I have had experiences with lightning on other sierra peaks, I couldn't help but pick up this book. Although I didn't care for the author's style in the first few chapters, and the people he wrote about are not people I would associate with, the actual acco......more

This, to me, was another example of putting the lives of experts at risk to save nincompoops. Five "experienced" climbers decided to climb Yosemite's Half-Dome. Despite warnings along the trail they continued in the face of an oncoming storm. Two died from lightning strikes and three others were sev......more