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Fish Boy
Social climber
Squeamish
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Apr 19, 2015 - 11:47am PT
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North walls just had a huge rock fall....got a wee video I'll throw up later.
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 19, 2015 - 01:00pm PT
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Ya! Kyle says it was the last pitch of the calling. He says parallel passages took a hit. Most of that stuff would be pretty wet, so unless someone was cleaning around there..
I think there are some popular boulders around that area though. Hopefully no pad people were in the line of fire.
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 19, 2015 - 01:45pm PT
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For reference.
Toby Foord Kelsey photo
From Marc Bourdon's Squamish select
The roof to the right of the last pitch of the calling is the offender. Any one familiar with "Chilkoot pass"??
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AerialElf
Trad climber
Squamish, BC
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Apr 19, 2015 - 02:51pm PT
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Here is a photo I took from my balcony in downtown Squamish. I didn't see the rock falling, but heard it and it sounded like an explosion and then saw the dust afterward (was down near the brew pub.
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 19, 2015 - 03:09pm PT
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2nd hand info indicates, sar confirms there were no boulderer's in the slide path. They still have yet to confirm if there was any parties on the affected routes or angel's crest trail.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Apr 19, 2015 - 05:39pm PT
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If that had happened on a summer weekend...
Glad to hear nobody was in the line of fire.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Apr 19, 2015 - 06:34pm PT
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We get so used to thinking about the Chief as a safe and stable chunk of rock, and forget that the boulders, those monstrous huge blocks at the base, didn't just grow there.
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 19, 2015 - 06:37pm PT
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I bet there is a new problem or two down there now...
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kaiser
Trad climber
squamish
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Apr 19, 2015 - 07:42pm PT
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Anders you are a treasure trove of information, thanks.
Does anyone have an idea of when the sheriffs badge scar saw the light of day?
That must have been unbelievable to witness.
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Apr 19, 2015 - 07:57pm PT
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2nd hand info indicates, sar confirms there were no boulderer's in the slide path. They still have yet to confirm if there was any parties on the affected routes or angel's crest trail.
I so hope this is true. ... and what ghost said.
For me it was such a disillusionment when granite in Yosemite had catastrophic failures (having started pretty much in caving-> (Yosemite/Indian Rock-/Pinnacles/Yosemite)
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 19, 2015 - 09:04pm PT
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Rockfall happens.. It's just so rare..
Sandra and i made it down to Squamish this evening..
The damage was quite apparent...
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Chief
climber
The NW edge of The Hudson Bay
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Apr 19, 2015 - 09:12pm PT
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Heard the noise and turned just in time to see the whole mess go cascading down the wall from the safety of the front yard.
Fairly calamitous but still way smaller than the one I watched come of El Cap from Middle.
Now that was a ripper!
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MisterE
Gym climber
Being In Sierra Happy Of Place
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Apr 19, 2015 - 09:29pm PT
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If that had happened on a summer weekend...
Glad to hear nobody was in the line of fire.
Exactly what I was thinking. I saw some blue in the sky of the after pictures, and thought "Uh-oh".
That is a huge chunk of rock.
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 19, 2015 - 10:16pm PT
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Apparently there was a party at p6 on Angel's??? Anders??
Chris Small reports this on facebook: "I had a friend who was bouldering in the forest below when it happened. She crouched behind a boulder and watched and heard the rock shrapnel whiz all around her. She was fairly ashen faced describing it."
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Apr 20, 2015 - 05:56am PT
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Woe that is gonzo!!
Chris Small reports this on facebook: "I had a friend who was bouldering in the forest below when it happened. She crouched behind a boulder and watched and heard the rock shrapnel whiz all around her. She was fairly ashen faced describing it."
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Scrubber
climber
Straight outta Squampton
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Apr 20, 2015 - 07:26am PT
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One news source said that there were at least two parties on Angel's Crest. The lowest party actually got bombarded with debris, but escaped any serious harm and completed the route.
Emergency services' biggest concern was that there may have been parties at the base of Angel's Crest or in the forest approaching the route. By the looks of the destruction at the base, it would have been extremely unlikely to escape harm at any of the three starts to the route. It was fortunate that the release took place close to noon and not earlier when parties are often stacked at the base.
We watched the whole thing from the bluffs and it was terrifying. Everyone's nerves were quite jittery for a while afterwards.
I initially thought that the top pitch of The Calling / Northern Lights had fallen off, but it looks as if the rockfall was just to the right of that area. The second to last pitch was pummeled however. Most of the Chilcoot Pass variation finish to The Calling is completely gone, as is the walk-off ledge from the top of both routes!
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gstock
climber
Yosemite Valley
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Apr 20, 2015 - 07:40am PT
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Chris Small reports this on facebook: "I had a friend who was bouldering in the forest below when it happened. She crouched behind a boulder and watched and heard the rock shrapnel whiz all around her. She was fairly ashen faced describing it."
That is exactly the right thing to do, by the way. Many people in Yosemite have survived rockfalls even close to the impact area by sheltering behind large boulders. Only in the rarest cases - basically on flat ground at the edge of the talus slope - would you have any hope of outrunning the oncoming debris.
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this just in
climber
Justin Ross from North Fork
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Apr 20, 2015 - 07:53am PT
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Scary. Glad to hear that it seems like everyone is alright.
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