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Yosemite visitors form human chain to rescue stranded hikers on Half Dome

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When a Polish hiker slipped while descending Half Dome's cables and her fiancé lost his footing trying to reach her, a group of strangers formed a human chain using ropes, slings, carabiners and climbing harnesses to pull both hikers to safety.

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