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hoipolloi
climber
A friends backyard with the neighbors wifi
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Topic Author's Original Post - Apr 19, 2009 - 05:54pm PT
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I was coming down off the prow (story soon to come) on Saturday 4/18. At about 10:30 or 11:00 I heard a huge explosion and Rumbling noise. It sounded like it was right on top of me, I didn't see anything coming down, but was there another sizable rock fall that anyone knows about?
just curious, starting to wonder if they follow me around, maybe the next will be above me! oh boy!
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cleo
Social climber
Berkeley, CA
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Apr 20, 2009 - 04:55pm PT
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bump... yea maybe more from Ahwiyah. Thx.
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hoipolloi
climber
A friends backyard with the neighbors wifi
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 21, 2009 - 02:38am PT
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anyone got any ideas?
this was on Saturday the 18th. Sounded big, but I couldnt see anything from the start of NDG
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gstock
climber
Yosemite Valley
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Apr 21, 2009 - 02:55pm PT
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Yes, there was another rock fall from Ahwiyah Point on Saturday at about 10:40 am. This one was much smaller than the one on March 28, but it still produced a sizeable dust cloud. Needless to say, this area remains unstable.
Greg Stock
Park Geologist
(209) 379-1420
greg_stock@nps.gov
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BryanM
Trad climber
Reno, NV
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Apr 21, 2009 - 10:44pm PT
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My buddy and I were on the fourth pitch of the Prow when it happened. I got a couple photos as well as some short video of it happening.
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john hansen
climber
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Apr 21, 2009 - 10:48pm PT
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Bryan , any way to post them up?
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hoipolloi
climber
A friends backyard with the neighbors wifi
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 22, 2009 - 01:50am PT
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I saw you up there Bryan. I was the one whooping and hollering to keep motivated while hiking down NDG.
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Apr 24, 2009 - 02:36pm PT
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I hiked the Snow Creek trail to the bridge on Wednesday, and took lots of pictures of the rockfall area, including the runout zone. Different angles and lighting. The photos of the trigger zone are mostly oblique, except a few unexceptional ones from Mirror Lake. Anyway, if any look reasonable I'll post them when I get home on the 28th or 29th.
It was a warm day. For anyone interested (e.g. Jesse), there are three places on the Snow Creek trail with minor rockfall blocking the trail - the largest boulder about refrigerator size. Plus two trees across the trail just where it levels out, at about 6400'. Continuous snow starts at or just above the bridge, ~6,600'.
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