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Osprey
climber
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Topic Author's Original Post - Jun 29, 2014 - 08:31pm PT
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There was a rockslide in Indian Canyon today (Yosemite). Anyone got any info?
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gstock
climber
Yosemite Valley
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Jun 29, 2014 - 09:28pm PT
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Jun 29, 2014 - 09:33pm PT
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hey there say, gstock... wow, thanks for the photo-share on this...
whewwww...
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Melissa
Gym climber
berkeley, ca
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Jun 29, 2014 - 09:34pm PT
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Is instability the reason why the park stopped maintaining the I. C. trail? Cool pic! Hope no one was heading up (or down) that way today.
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
extraordinaire
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Jun 29, 2014 - 10:00pm PT
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South of/ downhill from Lehamite Falls.
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Spider Savage
Mountain climber
The shaggy fringe of Los Angeles
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Jun 29, 2014 - 10:02pm PT
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Planned rockslide? (joking)
Must unnerve the people living in the upper village area.
The photo is pretty dramatic. I've been poking around up there my last few visits in anticipation of doing the canyon. Now, I might wait a few years.
Any damage to utility lines running up the canyon?
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
Nothing creative to say
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Jun 29, 2014 - 10:09pm PT
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wow. that's a good shot.
tfpu
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Osprey
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 29, 2014 - 10:14pm PT
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Phone lines are out to the Meadows.
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David Wilson
climber
CA
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Jun 30, 2014 - 06:27am PT
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The east side of Indian canyon has a thick shielded telecom cable snaking its way up along the base of the cliffs. Alongside the cable is a maintenance trail that at times includes 30 foot welded metal ladders and support cables. It's a full on industrial scene up there. This info is from having walked down that cable trail after doing Knucklebusters
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Inner City
Trad climber
East Bay
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Jun 30, 2014 - 08:08am PT
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I took my ten year old son down that canyon a few years ago...that photo looks scary! Those metal ladders in there might have been damaged by that.
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Wade Icey
Trad climber
www.alohashirtrescue.com
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Jun 30, 2014 - 08:22am PT
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klk
Trad climber
cali
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Jun 30, 2014 - 08:49am PT
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yeah, indian canyon used to be a standard route to higher el places.
one of the really cool lost trails in the park.
that photo is pretty rad--
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bpope
climber
Sunnyvale, CA
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Jun 30, 2014 - 09:59am PT
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Interesting that this was in the evening. I would have guessed more rockfall to occur during dawn/morning when things heat up and expand. Though, I suppose any change in temperature that puts strain on things can lead to fracture.
A little more discussion on rockfall here -- http://www.nps.gov/yose/naturescience/rockfall.htm
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HighTraverse
Trad climber
Bay Area
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Jun 30, 2014 - 10:12am PT
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Holy batshit Batman.
I was up there Facelifting two years ago. A lot of questionable looking rock looming over the canyon on both sides as far as Lehamite Falls. I stopped there since my garbage bag AND my daypack were full of recovered phone maintenance detritus.
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HighTraverse
Trad climber
Bay Area
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Jun 30, 2014 - 10:19am PT
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Phone lines are out to the Meadows. You'd think they'd go microwave wouldn't you? But maybe not. Big ugly towers and they would be susceptible to big winter storms.
Gonna be a time consuming job to fix those phone cables. They were taken out in a big snow slide in about 2008 or so. GStock would know when.
They were out for months.
That was the mess I was picking up. All the discarded bits of wire, wire connectors, insulation etc.
When I got back I reported it to one of the Park Service rangers working with Facelift and they said they'd report it to the Phone Company as their contract was to clean up their mess.
I didn't go back up last year to see if they really had.
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nita
Social climber
chica de chico, I don't claim to be a daisy.
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Jun 30, 2014 - 11:10am PT
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Another picture..
Mr Gstock, Is this your picture?..or..Mr Paul Ollig's...I snagged it from a Yosemite friend.
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
Nothing creative to say
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Jun 30, 2014 - 11:23am PT
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wow, like a big schluffing of dirt and rock.
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Osprey
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 30, 2014 - 07:28pm PT
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Thanks for posting the pictures. Looks like it was a fairly large slide. On a side note, maybe pulling all that sh#t out of the upper canyon is a little past due. Anybody else feel the same?
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