Editing Half Dome (section)

==Notable ascents==
[[File:Half Dome, Yosemite National Park, California, June 18, 2019 SkySat.jpg|thumb|Half Dome and Yosemite, as seen from a [[SkySat]] satellite]]
* 1875 (October 12) [[George Anderson (mountaineer)|George Anderson]] via drilled spikes on the east slope.<ref name="Jones 27"/><ref>{{Cite book |last=Hutchings |first=James M. |title=In the Heart of the Sierras |chapter=Chapter XXVI – Grizzly Peak, Half Dome, and Cloud's Rest |chapter-url=http://www.yosemite.ca.us/library/in_the_heart_of_the_sierras/26.html#page_456 |date=1888 |access-date=October 9, 2022}}</ref>
*1875 (before November 10) [[John Muir]]<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Muir|first=John|date=November 10, 1875|title=South Dome, Its Ascent by George Anderson and John Muir-Hard Climbing but a Glorious View Botany of the Dome-Yosemite in Late Autumn.|url=https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmb/34/|journal=Daily Evening Bulletin [San Francisco]|pages=1}}</ref>
* 1946 ''Salathe Route'' on southwest face (IV 5.7 A3), FA by John Salathe and Anton Nelson<ref name="Roper 1971 178">{{Cite book | last = Roper | first = Steve | title = A Climber's Guide to Yosemite Valley | publisher = Sierra Club Books | year = 1971 | location = San Francisco, USA | page = 178 | isbn = 9780871560483 }}</ref>
* 1957 ''Northwest Face'' (VI 5.8 A3), FA by [[Royal Robbins]], Jerry Gallwas and Mike Sherrick. First Grade VI in North America.<ref>{{Cite book | last = Roper | first = Steve | title = A Climber's Guide to Yosemite Valley | publisher = Sierra Club Books | year = 1971 | location = San Francisco, USA | pages = 174–176 | isbn = 9780871560483 }}</ref>
* 1963 ''Direct Northwest Face'' (VI 5.9 A5), FA by [[Royal Robbins]] and Dick McCracken<ref name="Roper 1971 176">{{Cite book | last = Roper | first = Steve | title = A Climber's Guide to Yosemite Valley | publisher = Sierra Club Books | year = 1971 | location = San Francisco, USA | page = 176 | isbn = 9780871560483 }}</ref>
* 1967 [[Liz Robbins]] becomes the first woman to complete a Grade IV climb when she and Royal Robbins repeat the ''Direct Northwest Face'' route.<ref>{{Cite web |title=AAC Publications - A Woman's Place is On Top |url=https://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12200511300 |access-date=2025-04-16 |website=publications.americanalpineclub.org}}</ref>
*1969 ''Tis-sa-ack'' (VI 5.9 A4), FA by [[Royal Robbins]] and Don Peterson.<ref name="Roper 1971 176" />
* 1973 First "clean ascent" of NW face by Dennis Hennek, Doug Robinson, and [[Galen Rowell]], Hennek is on the cover of June 1974 National Geographic leading a nut protected traverse see Super Topo too
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* 1987 ''The Big Chill'' (VI 5.9 A4), FA by [[Jim Bridwell]], Peter Mayfield, Sean Plunkett and Steve Bosque<ref name="Reid 1993 205">{{Cite book | last = Reid | first = Don | title = Yosemite Climbs, Big Walls | publisher = Chockstone Press | year = 1993 | location = Evergreen, CO, USA | page = 205 | isbn = 0-934641-54-4 }}</ref>
* 1989 ''Shadows'' (VI 5.10 A5), FA by [[Jim Bridwell]], Charles Row, Cito Kirkpatrick, William Westbay<ref>{{cite journal  | last = Bridwell  | first = Jim | title = Shadows - Half Dome | journal = American Alpine Journal | volume = 33 | issue = 65 | pages = 118–123  | publisher = American Alpine Club | location = New York, NY USA | year = 1991 | isbn = 0-930410-46-7 }}</ref>
* 1989 ''Kali Yuga'' (VI 5.10 A4+), FA by [[John Middendorf]], Walt Shipley<ref>{{cite journal  | last = Middendorf  | first = John | title = Kaliyuga | journal = American Alpine Journal | volume = 33 | issue = 65 | pages = 171–172  | publisher = American Alpine Club | location = New York, NY USA | year = 1991 | isbn = 0-930410-46-7 }}</ref>
* 1997 ''Blue Shift'' (VI 5.11c a4) FA by Jay Smith and Karl McConachie.<ref>{{cite journal | last = Smith | first = Jay | title = Half Dome, Blue Shift | journal = American Alpine Journal | volume = 40 | issue = 72 | page = 188 | publisher = American Alpine Club | location = New York, NY USA | year = 1998 | isbn = 0-930410-78-5 }}</ref>