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Rock Climber Falls From Half Dome In Yosemite

Yosemite National Park, CA — A man is dead after falling off of Half Dome in Yosemite National Park Wednesday.

Park officials say 35 year old Bela Feher from San Diego, was rock climbing near the “Slab Route” on the face of Half Dome, when he fell more than 100 feet.

Park Rangers were notified when his body was discovered by other rock climbers at 11:00 am Wednesday.

Feher had technical rock climbing gear and was attempting to climb the face of Half Dome alone. The exact cause of death and other details are pending investigation

This post was last modified on 01/31/2009 2:31 pm