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mucci
Trad climber
The pitch of Bagalaar above you
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Sep 28, 2017 - 04:26pm PT
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Dude, the whole waterfall/ on the waterfront buttress is gone.
That is like 600'x 150' of rock.
Probably ruined at least 10 Kohl routes, and a few others...
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BFK
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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Sep 28, 2017 - 04:28pm PT
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Pretty wild!
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klaus
Big Wall climber
Florence & Normandy
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Sep 28, 2017 - 04:29pm PT
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Now that's a Rad rockfall!
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Burnin' Oil
Trad climber
CA
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Sep 28, 2017 - 04:38pm PT
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I ran into a British couple from Wales on Monday. They were bailing from climbing South Face because of all the people. They were stoked about spending the last three days of their vacation climbing El Cap base routes. Really sweet people.
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MacyJ
Social climber
Sacramento
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Sep 28, 2017 - 04:39pm PT
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Hi Contractor, did you take this photo? My name is Macy Jenkins and I'm a reporter with CBS 13 in Sacramento and interesting in using it in our newscast. Please call me at 916-531-4614.
Additionally, if anyone has any photos they are willing to share, please give me a call. Thanks.
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myrddinmuse
Trad climber
Wales
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Sep 28, 2017 - 04:41pm PT
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This is absolutely mad. Devestated. I left the valley last week and now this happens. I'm hoping against hope that somehow nobody got hurt in this second big fall. Thinking of all my friends over there. Stay safe, everyone.
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hiker11
Gym climber
Lafayette
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Sep 28, 2017 - 04:42pm PT
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New to this forum so don't know how to reply directly to those that answered my earlier question. But I wanted to say thanks to the people who responded about the location of the recent rockfall in yellow pines relative to where my daughter is climbing right now (leaning tower).
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John wiley
Trad climber
Los Angeles
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Sep 28, 2017 - 04:44pm PT
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“At any location on earth, as the rock record goes down into time and out into earlier geographies it touches upon tens of hundreds of stories, wherein the face of the earth often changed, changed utterly, and changed again, like the face of a crackling fire.”
John McPhee
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steveb123
Trad climber
Uk
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Sep 28, 2017 - 04:53pm PT
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is it known for sure that there were no others caught in the first rockfall?
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kunlun_shan
Mountain climber
SF, CA
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Sep 28, 2017 - 04:55pm PT
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hagerty
Social climber
A Sandy Area South of a Salty Lake
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Sep 28, 2017 - 04:55pm PT
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Steveb: According to the update posted by the NPS earlier today:
" All other people in the area have been accounted for and search efforts have been concluded."
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tithaf
Trad climber
Sierra Madre, CA
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Sep 28, 2017 - 04:57pm PT
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Is that Lost in Translation that saw rockfall at 3:25PM today?
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steveb123
Trad climber
Uk
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Sep 28, 2017 - 04:57pm PT
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Cool, thanks, I hope so
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Clint Cummins
Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
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Sep 28, 2017 - 05:00pm PT
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Looks like 20x larger than the previous ones. (Ryan estimated "easily three times" - could be more accurate).
Insanely great photo by Ryan Sheridan!
[Edit:] Northside Drive is closed between Camp 4 and El Cap Meadow, and Southside Drive is 2-way traffic between El Cap crossover and Yosemite Village.
[See Werner's post below]
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dee ee
Mountain climber
Of THIS World (Planet Earth)
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Sep 28, 2017 - 05:07pm PT
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Bad news. I hope all the folks on the road are ok.
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klaus
Big Wall climber
Florence & Normandy
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Sep 28, 2017 - 05:14pm PT
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that's all my route "Get Whacked"
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Sep 28, 2017 - 05:15pm PT
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hey there, say... hiker11...
did you get to finally get hold of your daughter...
i think i missed a few posts...
i did see the one, where they shared the area, so you could 'rest assured'...
and, by the way:
WELCOME to the supertopo...
there are climbers here for to 'show the way' to the young...
and to 'teach us, like me, that know, as, we don't climb' ...
and, there are the 'older seasoned guys and gals' that
have stories of encouragement and all kinds of stuff to relate...
along with the needed cautions, as well...
happy to see you here...
and we hope to see trips reports that you daughter can
one day share, :)
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WBraun
climber
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Sep 28, 2017 - 05:17pm PT
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Northside Drive may become closed between Camp 4 and El Cap Meadow,
It's been closed since todays rockfall.
All traffic is now on southside drive as two-way from El Cap cross-over to Yose Village.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Sep 28, 2017 - 05:19pm PT
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hey there say, mucci...
as to your quote:
Sep 28, 2017 - 04:26pm PT
Dude, the whole waterfall/ on the waterfront buttress is gone.
That is like 600'x 150' of rock.
Probably ruined at least 10 Kohl routes, and a few others...
:O
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cragnshag
Social climber
san joser
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Sep 28, 2017 - 05:19pm PT
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Hey Clint,
Yellow Pines campground host says that she got an alert that Northside Drive is closed, and Southside is now 2 way. We were at the El Cap bridge with the groms about 20 before the rockfall... Yikes!
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