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Gary
Social climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Sep 28, 2017 - 07:55pm PT
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Holy moly!
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crberg
Trad climber
Cave Creek, AZ
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Sep 28, 2017 - 08:05pm PT
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Sep 28, 2017 - 07:50pm PT
^^^^^^They were just above it. They dodged the bullet twice.
Plaid
Pinpointed on one of the latest scar photos would be pretty wild! Sounds like dodging a bullet is an understatement!!!
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Sep 28, 2017 - 08:06pm PT
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My best wishes for any missing and those gone. I have to say Kevin nailed it on the first page when he said:
Warbler
Sep 27, 2017 - 04:04pm PT
Looks like Eagle's Way lost a few pitches. It also looks like those big roofs at the top of the scar could indicate there's a lot more unsupported weight above.
Scary
I hope for the best on the ground
I took my first trip to the Valley in several years, a non-climbing family trip. Here's a cell phone photo from Thursday the 21st of the perilous beauty:
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anita514
Gym climber
Great White North
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 28, 2017 - 08:06pm PT
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It's the end times.
Quick warbler, post some half nekkid selfies before it's too late.
#yolo
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Sep 28, 2017 - 08:07pm PT
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Great Kevin....then we can hear a repeat of that all time classic line..."it goes boys."
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Rollover
climber
Gross Vegas
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Sep 28, 2017 - 08:08pm PT
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Contractor
Boulder climber
CA
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Sep 28, 2017 - 08:09pm PT
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From Lay Lady- small scale rock falls every hour or so with a couple of suspect car sized flakes at the top of the release scar. Seems to be two parties on Zodiac or near there.
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Sep 28, 2017 - 08:16pm PT
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I would imagine there are more tan a few new 5 star boulder problems down in the forest.
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Fogarty
climber
BITD
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Sep 28, 2017 - 08:21pm PT
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Looking at th two above photos, I'm lost for words😳
All my prayers to all those who have passed and my best too all survivors and YOSAR.
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Contractor
Boulder climber
CA
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Sep 28, 2017 - 08:43pm PT
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Sep 28, 2017 - 08:49pm PT
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Cam and Bear
My deepest condolences...
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Sep 28, 2017 - 08:59pm PT
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hey there say, healyje... oh my... :(
thank you for sharing...
:(
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Ken M
Mountain climber
Los Angeles, Ca
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Sep 28, 2017 - 09:05pm PT
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Their site makes me feel so sad.......
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Fluoride
Trad climber
West Los Angeles, CA/Joshua Tree
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Sep 28, 2017 - 09:16pm PT
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https://twitter.com/YosemiteNPS/status/913595020342464518
Shots from YNPS....second is chilling looking at the amount of rock spewing down from the face. Third shows how giant the rock scar is now compared to yesterday. Today's fall was so much larger in size like Pete said.
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Mei
Trad climber
mxi2000.net
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Sep 28, 2017 - 09:22pm PT
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Edited: Deleted photo and links feeling not sure if the names have been released as there are no names mentioned in any official release or news article yet.
One dead and one injured is what I read . My deepest condolences to family and friends of the fallen. RIP! Sending my best wishes to the injured.
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Clint Cummins
Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
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Sep 28, 2017 - 09:35pm PT
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Mei,
From the LA Times article
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-el-capitan-rockfall-yosemite-20170928-story.html
On Wednesday, a sheet of granite the height of a 13-story building — about 130 feet long, 65 feet wide and in some sections 10 feet thick — separated from the rock face and dropped to the base of El Capitan, officials said.
A couple were apparently standing at the base of the cliff at the time of the crash. The man who was killed was identified Thursday as Andrew Foster, 32, of Wales, according to the National Park Service. His wife was airlifted to a hospital; her name has not been released. (They were walking back to the car under the wall, after they had retreated from 3 pitches up the East Buttress).
I have not seen a report on her injuries, but she is partly upright in photos of the short haul and entering the ambulance.
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Mei
Trad climber
mxi2000.net
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Sep 28, 2017 - 09:37pm PT
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Thanks, Clint. That's what I thought. I was fearing for the injured reading some earlier posts. I hope she will have a speedy and full recovery, but I'm certain the mental wound from this trauma wil take a long to heal.
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
ne'er–do–well
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Sep 28, 2017 - 10:37pm PT
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The massive granite slab that fell from El Capitan and killed a British climber was seen as a rare event.
"Sometimes geology just happens."
~ Alex Honnold
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Fluoride
Trad climber
West Los Angeles, CA/Joshua Tree
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Sep 28, 2017 - 11:27pm PT
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Before and after....Wednesday's rockfall scar vs. Thursdays.
Oh man.
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