The Haiku Stairs were built in 1942 by the US Navy after Pearl Harbor. Two men, Bill Adams and Louis Otto, took just 21 days to stake out the path by pounding iron spikes into the cliff face. The Navy ...

“I guess Half Dome was the thing that most popped into ... For his part, Everett prepared by climbing stairs in his 17-story apartment building and taking daily walks around Lake Merritt ...

Will Dunn owes his life—and maybe his marriage—to his REI Co-op Half Dome tent. “The tent was a gift from my now-in-laws before we were in-laws,” he says. “It was my first backpacking ...