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Charlie D.
Trad climber
Western Slope, Tahoe Sierra
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Sep 29, 2017 - 04:18am PT
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Massive...
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Late Starter
Social climber
NA
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Sep 29, 2017 - 05:02am PT
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What I find strange, is that looking at the before and after pics of the second fall, it doesn't look to be a rift, or weak area in the rock. Although I'm sure it's hard to discern any detail in the rock from such a distance.
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gstock
climber
Yosemite Valley
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Sep 29, 2017 - 05:13am PT
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Burnin' Oil
Trad climber
CA
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Sep 29, 2017 - 06:30am PT
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Anybody know which hospital Lucy was taken to?
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mtnyoung
Trad climber
Twain Harte, California
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Sep 29, 2017 - 06:47am PT
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Thursday, September 28, 2017, 15 minutes (about) after El Capitan rockfall (from the top of Snake Dike):
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DeepGlue
Trad climber
Boulder, CO
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Sep 29, 2017 - 06:54am PT
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I took the time to make these slides, to put everything in perspective. Thanks to Fluoride for the first couple. Got the last two from Google Earth.
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c wilmot
climber
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Sep 29, 2017 - 07:04am PT
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You are going to put gstock out of work deepglue...
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Sep 29, 2017 - 07:18am PT
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My sincere condolences. . .
Be safe out there.
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Spider Savage
Mountain climber
The shaggy fringe of Los Angeles
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Sep 29, 2017 - 07:33am PT
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The wife and I were enjoying a snack down by Bridalveil meadow whe we hear the big fall. Hike up to the bridge an hour and a half later to witness the carnage.
Photos taken from the bridge just three hours apart.
Pete's hear is the black dot just left of center near the top.
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i'm gumby dammit
Sport climber
da ow
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Sep 29, 2017 - 07:36am PT
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The pics show a large discolored area (beige) within the outline of the new rockfall area. Was there already a separation underneath there for long enough to discolor the rock?
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Squench
Trad climber
Chapel Hill
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Sep 29, 2017 - 07:43am PT
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Like Hiker, I'm a concerned parent. Squish just arrived yesterday afternoon, just moments before the second fall. Mrs Squench and I talked with him just after, and he's fine. But we're anxious and worried and praying that the valley takes care of him. He's turning 19 today, so if you see a bearded kid from NC, please wish him happy birthday, make sure he's not doing anything stupid and tell him to wear his goddamn helmet.
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Contractor
Boulder climber
CA
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Sep 29, 2017 - 08:08am PT
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Large blocks fell through the night with ominous thumps that preceded the other falls. There's horizontal cracks through the new exposed dihedral.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Sep 29, 2017 - 08:13am PT
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Gumby, I was wondering the same. It certainly looks like that area saw water seepage over a long time.
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chill
climber
The fat part of the bell-curve
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Sep 29, 2017 - 08:22am PT
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Myrddinmuse - thanks for posting that. It put a human face on something that for most of us is just a geological curiosity.
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SC seagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, Moab, A sailboat, or some time zone
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Sep 29, 2017 - 08:29am PT
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I'm thinking Pete might become a NIAD guy.
Susan
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MikeL
Social climber
Southern Arizona
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Sep 29, 2017 - 08:32am PT
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Jesus
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High Fructose Corn Spirit
Gym climber
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Sep 29, 2017 - 08:46am PT
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If he had stayed in the place where he took the
photos on the first day of the rockfall
the 2nd day rockfall would have taken them out.
Is this true? a truth or an alt fact?
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7SacredPools
Trad climber
Ontario, Canada
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Sep 29, 2017 - 08:48am PT
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God sure was looking out for Pete and crew!
I'm fascinated by this way of thinking; that the majority of humans see God as a benevolent super power when really, based on the evidence we have, He's just a dick.
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10b4me
Mountain climber
Retired
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Sep 29, 2017 - 08:50am PT
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I'm thinking Pete might become a NIAD guy.
Susan
Nose In A Decade?
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