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Nefarius
Big Wall climber
somewhere without avatars.........
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"A friend of mine ran into Kauk at the Cookie one time. He asked Ron when it got dark. Ron said: "When the sun goes down""
He was just sayin' what he's been told... By the wind... and the sky... and the rock... It's because of the connection.
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AmyT
climber
Santa Barbara
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Any information on this morning's slide would be greatly appreciated. My 10 year old daughter along with 67 of her classmates were staying in Curry Village when this happened. They are cutting their trip short by a day and heading back to Santa Barbara today! Reports are that one of the children suffered a laceration and was taken to a medical facility - anybody know anything about that? I do know it wasn't my child!
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happiegrrrl
Trad climber
New York, NY
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"PS: Heard there was some sort of interaction between a deer and tourist yesterday, not sure if tourist was petting or feeding deer, but the deer was angered and rangers called"
...maybe this deer?
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gonz
Trad climber
yosemite
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i saw both rock falls! the one this morning was pretty big. they have all of curry closed down right now.
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cleo
Social climber
Berkeley, CA
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Yes - but I don't have any nearby stations at the moment. I'm curious if farther EQ stations are picking anything up.
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Chicken Skinner
Trad climber
Yosemite
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I walked through the carnage this morning to look for damaged electric. Three tent cabins and one Wab completely destroyed. Another Wab was knocked off it's footing.There were people staying in these cabins. I believe there were 4 minor injuries. Amazing that it wasn't worse. The rock scar on the 9:00 Wall from both the slides is almost as big as the Zodiac Circle.
Ken
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Nefarius
Big Wall climber
somewhere without avatars.........
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If it hits the Mountain Shop, I'm heading over and looting in the aftermath. 50% off, at the back of my truck tomorrow... :)
Wow! That's a serious scar, Ken! Yikes! Glad there were no serious injuries.
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, Ca.
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Wow!
maybe a picture of the scar would be cool.
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corniss chopper
Mountain climber
san jose, ca
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Pic of the rockfall 9 years back. Don't know if like todays?
Maybe Curry should build a retaining wall about 50 feet thick and 100feet high. It'll be way cheaper than the lawsuits when the big
slide hits one crowded summer and flows all the way to the river. Medical costs being so high and lawyers so greedy...
June 13, 1999 rock fall above Camp Curry taken by climber Lloyd DeForrest
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Lightgirl
Social climber
Mendocino, Ca
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I was working in Lower Pines yesterday morning when I thought I heard fire-crackers. I didn't see anyone with them, but it went on randomly for maybe twenty minutes or so. The two rangers I was working with didn't recognize the sound either. One or two sounded more like gun shots.
About an hour later I heard the first small rock fall. Ten or so minutes later it sounded like a very small rock fall. It wasn't until a couple hours later that the big one started above the ledge trail. HUGE SCAR! It was pretty scary and then the silica dust cloud consumed the area and it looked as high as Glacier Point. The breeze cleared the dust after a bit. I heard no injuries & a squashed cabin.
This morning I thought I heard a small rock fall near Yellow Pines. Then one of our volunteers (that stays in Curry) arrived early & somewhat shaken. They were allowed to go back to their cabin last night and were terrified when they heard the rock fall early AM. Aparantly when the rock hit their cabin they bolted out of there.
Hope every one is well. My friend got some pictures.
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Clint Cummins
Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
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Here's a 2004 photo showing the locations of the 1999 and 2008 rockfalls.
If someone posts a photo of the new scar on the Nine O'Clock Wall, we can compare old vs. new.
Climbing on Point Beyond and routes to its left should be fine, since they are far left of the 2008 rockfall site, and there are talus cones in between that protect the base as well.
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Chicken Skinner
Trad climber
Yosemite
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Here are some photos from this morning right after the rockfall. You can still see granite dust in the air.
This is the new scar.
Here are some damage shots with one of them of me standing in front of the boulder and trees that took out 4 cabins.
I was ready to run at the first sound of rockfall.
Ken
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Nefarius
Big Wall climber
somewhere without avatars.........
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It's going to be a sad day for many when Curry gets leveled. Unfortunately, it's a matter of when, not if.
There was also another sizable rockfall between 1999 and 2008, Clint. I'm thinking 2003? It took out some cabins the other end of Curry(the cabins near Huff). Came down where the "Sofa" ledge was.
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, Ca.
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Holy sh!t, that's some serious stuff.
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paganmonkeyboy
climber
mars...it's near nevada...
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my thoughts exactly bluering...scary...
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Hardman Knott
Gym climber
Muir Woods National Monument, Mill Valley, Ca
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Awesome photos, Ken! Thanks for posting.
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Lightgirl
Social climber
Mendocino, Ca
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I just heard someone say that women were running out of the Curry showers naked yesterday when rocks hit the upper shower room. We opted to avoid those showers. I had watched some climbers going up Washington's Collumn yesterday & thought they must have had an intense experience. I just ran into one of them a few minutes ago (pure coincidence) but he said that they didn't have cameras and "yes, it was quite a spectacular view."
Yosemite's geologist was climbing El Cap at the time.
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corniss chopper
Mountain climber
san jose, ca
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Are there Insurance Policies paying Double Indemnity for "death
by stupidity" due to renting a tent cabin in an active avalanche area?
Its always about the money but is Curry evacuated or are people still in nearby tent cabins?
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Hardman Knott
Gym climber
Muir Woods National Monument, Mill Valley, Ca
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I'll bet seeing women running naked from the showers was quite a spectacular view...
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