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SofCookay
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Topic Author's Original Post - Sep 18, 2015 - 12:54pm PT
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Kind of unusual, no information on cause provided in any case:
* James Michael Millet, Jr. 39 years old, solo on a Yosemite Falls day hike. Left for the hike August 11, body found Aug 31 in the area of North Dome
* Timothy Nolan, 36 years old, backpacking solo from happy isles to Toulumne and back, body found Sept 15th in the backcountry
* Matthew Baldwin, 24 years old on a day hike from Tamarack Flat to El Cap. Left for the hike on August 25th, body found September 6th, El Cap Gully.
Seems like a lot of folks going missing and turning up dead, or is this a normal thing in Yosemite in the summer?
Link to story in Sierra Star http://www.sierrastar.com/2015/09/18/75061_missing-hiker-found-dead-in-yosemite.html?rh=1
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Sep 18, 2015 - 01:29pm PT
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hard to imagine how you end up down in El Cap gully from the trail to Tamarack Flat...
I did that hike with my daughter, back packing into take some pictures of the Moon rise, on Aug. 29...
I didn't think twice about the trail, and my daughter (who is 38) doesn't like exposure, but she didn't appear to have any problems going along the bit that descends from the El Cap summit to the rim trail above the gully and Ribbon Falls area...
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FRUMY
Trad climber
Bishop,CA
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Sep 18, 2015 - 01:55pm PT
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Wouldn't be the first time.
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10b4me
Social climber
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Sep 18, 2015 - 02:02pm PT
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Werner, have any details?
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WBraun
climber
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Sep 18, 2015 - 03:52pm PT
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Werner, have any details?
I'm not at liberty to say anything in public until "official NPS release" of information.
Sorry .....
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Spider Savage
Mountain climber
The shaggy fringe of Los Angeles
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Sep 18, 2015 - 04:00pm PT
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Probably a serial killer
Joke/Not A Joke
Odd sudden pattern with serious lack of info.
Should make for some scary campfire tales until sorted out.
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c wilmot
climber
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Sep 18, 2015 - 04:04pm PT
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Have they ever found George Penca?(missing 2011 on the falls trail)
I hate to say it but a lot of people go to Yos to kill themselves. Its a world class attraction for suicidal folks
It could also be animal related- with the drought and fire- they are stressed
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Jon Beck
Trad climber
Oceanside
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Sep 18, 2015 - 04:28pm PT
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There is an interactive map of some 700+ documented deaths in the Grand Canyon. Lot of suicides. Includes the airline crash at Chuar Butte that killed 128 in 1956. This accident led to the FAA and air traffic control as we know it today.
A map of Yosemite deaths would be interesting
Grand Canyon Death Map
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Ricky D
Trad climber
Sierra Westside
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Sep 18, 2015 - 04:38pm PT
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Has no one considered -
They look friendly enough -
Then they turn without warning -
The body is dumped to confuse the law -
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Sep 18, 2015 - 06:00pm PT
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...it is beautiful up there.
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overwatch
climber
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Sep 18, 2015 - 06:21pm PT
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the serial killer thing is no joke it has happened in Yosemite before
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Ricky D
Trad climber
Sierra Westside
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Sep 18, 2015 - 07:04pm PT
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El Chapo escapes from jail.
Donald Trump leads the GOP.
Jody reappears on Supertopo.
Mysterious hiker deaths occur in Yosemite.
Coincidence?
I don't think so.
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
Shetville , North of Los Angeles
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Sep 18, 2015 - 07:47pm PT
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El Chapo has teamed up with that pyscho Cosmic...Stay away from the crags...
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
ne'er–do–well
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Sep 18, 2015 - 07:54pm PT
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Kind of unusual El Cap Gully You can remove this one from your conspiracy theory. Descending that gully unrehearsed would be a hell of an undertaking.
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
Shetville , North of Los Angeles
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Sep 18, 2015 - 08:15pm PT
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Beeyotch..I like the way you incorporated undertaking into the thread...very clever..
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GDavis
Social climber
SOL CAL
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Sep 18, 2015 - 08:15pm PT
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It's a big wilderness out there, plenty of stuff to kill ya loooong before a person will think to.
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Sep 18, 2015 - 08:18pm PT
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It's Locker's fault!!!
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overwatch
climber
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Sep 19, 2015 - 12:06am PT
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Cracking me up you are one sick f*#k
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tripmind
Boulder climber
San Diego
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Sep 19, 2015 - 05:21am PT
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classic statistical event. the higher the influx of people going into the park, the higher risk for people to do stupid stuff and get hurt. I would be easily pressed to believe that they embarked on their hikes virtually unprepared and expected to cruise through it. Yosemite can get hot too, or so I've heard.
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Ricky D
Trad climber
Sierra Westside
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Sep 19, 2015 - 08:30am PT
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^^^^I hope you Facelifters plan on using the Buddy System...travel in packs people and never walk alone.
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