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johnr9q
Sport climber
Sacramento, Ca
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Topic Author's Original Post - Aug 18, 2014 - 09:27am PT
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8/16/2014 Anyone have information on this or can you point me to an existing post?
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Flip Flop
Trad climber
Truckee, CA
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Aug 18, 2014 - 09:32am PT
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Brad Parker was apparently free soloing Mathes Crest when he fell to his death. I apologize if I am relaying mistaken information.
My heartfelt condolences to his family and friends. Sad news.
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Fat Dad
Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
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Aug 18, 2014 - 09:57am PT
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Very sad. Another soloist died on Venusian Blind a couple of weeks ago. Be careful out there folks.
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Aug 18, 2014 - 09:58am PT
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Very sad to read. My condolences to his family and friends.
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High Fructose Corn Spirit
Gym climber
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Aug 18, 2014 - 10:03am PT
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A soloist died on Venusian Blind a couple of weeks ago?
Is there a link to that?
Edit... thanks Fat Dad.
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snowhazed
Trad climber
Oaksterdam, CA
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Aug 18, 2014 - 10:28am PT
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I believe this makes number 3 ever in the park
shitty
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Matt's
climber
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Aug 18, 2014 - 11:17am PT
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snowhazed-- only three people have died in tuolemne meadows, ever? That seems surprisingly low.
I wonder what happened to the fellow on Matthes crest. Given the good weather on saturday, my best guess is that he broke a knob... RIP.
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JEleazarian
Trad climber
Fresno CA
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Aug 18, 2014 - 11:49am PT
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Terrible news continues. When I started climbing, 47 years ago, I genuinely believed that if you followed proper procedures, nothing bad would happen to you. It didn't take long for reality to disabuse me of that delusion.
I hate reading about any climbing injury, but particularly so of free soloing falls, because I'd participated in much of that myself, until responsibility for others caused me to stop. My heart, prayers and sympathy go out to the loved ones of the decedents.
John
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Cedric Ma
Mountain climber
San Diego, CA
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Aug 18, 2014 - 12:33pm PT
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We talked to him as he passed us and another party of 2 at the notch between the north and south summit. He said he was dehydrated and had cramps and asked us if we were rapping down from the notch (we were continuing to the north summit). After that, he continued to solo up the north summit and disappeared from view. 20 minutes or so later, we were still waiting for the party of 2 in front of us to proceed up to the north summit when we heard a commotion between them and the climbers at the base who had rappelled from the north summit 30 minutes earlier. Apparently one of the lady climbers at the base is an EMT and did a check for pulse but he was gone. The location of the body looked like it came from quite a distance north of the north summit.
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Cedric Ma
Mountain climber
San Diego, CA
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Aug 18, 2014 - 12:42pm PT
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It was between 5 and 6pm
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Matt's
climber
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Aug 18, 2014 - 12:47pm PT
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soloing while dehydrated and cramping, when there is the option of downclimbing right there at the notch? Seems...a bit dangerous
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Aug 18, 2014 - 12:50pm PT
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hey there say, johnr9q...
very sad to hear this...
condolences and prayers for the family and loved ones...
:(
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splitclimber
climber
Sonoma County
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Aug 18, 2014 - 01:26pm PT
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don't know what to post...feeling awful for his friends and family
From the few times I've had the pleasure to be in Brad's company, he has been friendly and gave off an amazing positive vibe. He is going to really be missed by the Sonoma County climbing community. I have friends that I know are devastated by this tragic accident.
Brad is on the left
Rest in peace Brad. :(
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micronut
Trad climber
Fresno/Clovis, ca
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Aug 18, 2014 - 01:39pm PT
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Terribly sad. Such a wonderful place for such a terrible thing. My condolences.
Scott
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snowhazed
Trad climber
Oaksterdam, CA
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Aug 18, 2014 - 02:38pm PT
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Matt's- no 3 people have died in Yosemite National Park while free-soloing to my knowledge. Hersey, Chan, and now him.
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Aug 18, 2014 - 02:47pm PT
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Sad.
My condolences to his family and friends.
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Finn
Trad climber
Santa Rosa, CA
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Aug 18, 2014 - 03:23pm PT
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We called him BPOG - he will be missed. Be careful out there folks. Local Paper
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