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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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I saw this on FB.
Gnarly!!
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looks easy from here
climber
Ben Lomond, CA
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Thanks for flagging this. My brother's headed that way this weekend. I passed it along.
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looks easy from here
climber
Ben Lomond, CA
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When similar boulders shut down the eastern side of 120 a couple weeks ago it only took them a day to blow them up. Hopefully the west side crew is equally aggressive (and hopefully the patch job doesn't take much longer).
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clinker
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, California
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Werner may move them with his mind.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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If it is in the park then Maslow's Hierarchy takes over.
Rule 1. It's a national park, let Nature have her way.
Rule 2. Why move it? It will keep the phuktards away.
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
Nothing creative to say
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 1, 2016 - 02:47pm PT
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It's a lowball problem.
I give permission to have it explodified.
Sincerely,
The Mungement
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looks easy from here
climber
Ben Lomond, CA
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Looking at it on a bigger screen I see that it appears that it broke the safety/retaining wall and pushed it over a few inches from where it meets the road and roadbed. Wonder what structural engineering demons that's going to summon...
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msiddens
Trad climber
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Wait, is that stainless hardware????
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Clint Cummins
Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
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Update: Rockslide Blocking Road Removed In Yosemite
Yosemite road crew works to remove boulder on El Portal Road
11/01/2016 6:31 pm PST
Tracey Petersen and B.J. Hansen, MML News Staff
Update at 6:30 p.m.: Yosemite National Park officials report El Portal Road (Highway 140) will reopen at 7 p.m. Tuesday as crews have cleared a rockslide. Crews have been working throughout the day to blast the fallen rocks and remove debris. Park officials urge visitors to use caution when driving in the rock fall area.
Original post at 6:09 a.m.: Yosemite, CA — There is a significant rockslide that has closed El Portal Road (Highway 140) in Yosemite National Park.
Several large boulders are in the roadway, and a park geologist was dispatched to the scene late yesterday afternoon to assess the situation. It is not immediately clear when the road will reopen. The complete closure is from the park entrance to the Cascades picnic area. Alternate routes into the park include Highway 120 and Highway 41. We’ll pass along more details when they become available. http://www.mymotherlode.com/news/local/276518/rockslide-closes-major-road-in-yosemite-2.html
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WBraun
climber
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Jody the NPS crews are fast and that's never the problem.
The problem is getting the proper road engineers after removing the debris to give the go ahead that the road is structurally still sound and safe and the area above is safe.
If there's no engineer/s available they have to wait even though everything looks good.
It has to be properly cleared to reopen by qualified personnel .....
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