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A photo of Yosemite Falls on Jan. 14, the day Alice Yu Xie hiked to the top and fell from a cliff.Courtesy of Anna Horn
On Jan. 14, an unseasonably warm and clear Thursday in Yosemite National Park, Anna Horn went for a solo hike up Yosemite Falls. Horn lives close to the park and works as a bartender in the gateway town of Mariposa, allowing her to visit frequently.
Partway up the steep climb to the top of the tallest waterfall in North America, she encountered another solo hiker, a middle-aged Asian woman with a green backpack.