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phylp
Trad climber
Upland, CA
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Dr. Stock, paging Dr. Stock. Comments please!
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Captain...or Skully
climber
Boise, ID
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The price of being on a living Earth. Change is the order of the day. I'd say get used to it. Nothing is forever.
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jsb
Trad climber
Bay area
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Here's some side-by-side before and after photos.
Zoomed out
Zoomed in
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Captain...or Skully
climber
Boise, ID
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Quite a bit o fresh stone there, eh?
Half Dome is the adventure stone after all.....
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le_bruce
climber
Oakland, CA
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Mother of God.
So all of this material, gone?
Last summer we repeated it, and of the whole route, there was one move that seemed more serious and more difficult than the first time.
It was that jingus step across to gain the sloping rail and the .11 (usually wet) crack left of the squeeze, just off of this ledge. Is it possible that that move was harder because there had been some separation? Hmm.
Scary, wild. Truly f*#king wild, the more you think about it! Someone must have seen or heard this event. Who's got the story? gstock?
Edit: I wanted to climb that keyhole variation. Damn.
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bhilden
Trad climber
Mountain View, CA/Boulder, CO
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Probably due to some tourons trundling rocks off the top:-)
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rwedgee
Ice climber
CA
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Must have cut loose amongst all the recent thunderstorms at night or there would be a witness....check the base.
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clinker
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, California
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WWRRD? Sell bracelets to fund a long bolt ladder to the pendulum connector.
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PellucidWombat
Mountain climber
Berkeley, CA
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Well now I have to go back to North Dome and take new photos! A 'before and after' from the same perspective.
For those who want to pan around that area close up, check this out and turn off the layers (upper right) if they are distracting.
http://038dbbc.netsolhost.com/maps-gis/half-dome-map/
Here is an annotated bit:
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Bad Climber
climber
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Uh, I bivied on that ledge! Yikes, yikes, and double yikes. As my buddy Pete, bro of Klaus, says: Impermanence is a MOFO.
Play safe, kids.
BAd
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Charlie D.
Trad climber
Western Slope, Tahoe Sierra
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Holy cow!!! Triple yikes!
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overwatch
climber
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Thats how bedouins have sex
F*#king intense
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micronut
Trad climber
Fresno/Clovis, ca
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I blame Le_Bruce, pictured here in the very act.
His thrutching and thrashing and poor form probably weakened the flake.
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rmagner15
Trad climber
Cathedral city, ca
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Destroy all.
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johntp
Trad climber
socal
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I blame Le_Bruce, pictured here in the very act.
Burn him before he pulls off boot flake!
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Batrock
Trad climber
Burbank
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The park cervix should have chained the flake to the wall like the rocker block on Moonlight. Looks like there are plenty more flakes that need to be chained and pronto.
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Mike Bolte
Trad climber
Planet Earth
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Can the date be narrowed down by ST folks who climbed the route in the last month? How could this possibly have happened without people noticing?
EDIT: I guess bad weather would have ensured no climbers on the route and night + storm could have made it not very obvious.
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ClimbingRanger
Trad climber
Yosemite, CA
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Hey folks,
The Yosemite climbing management along with the park geologist are actively investigating the recent rockfall event on pitch 11 (it's disappearance) of the Regular Northwest Face on Half Dome. We will be evaluating it this afternoon from the ground and will be up at the base and on the route tomorrow to get a closer look.
We know that getting over to the anchors at the end of the Robbins Traverse is unlikely due to the routes current state. We recommend holding off on climbing the route until we have more information. As we gather more details we will keep the community updated here and on the Yosemite Climbing Information website.
http://www.climbingyosemite.com
If you have information about the event or questions, you can reach our office at 209-372-0360 or contact us from the website.
Thanks and be safe,
Brandon Latham
Climbing Ranger
Yosemite National Park
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johntp
Trad climber
socal
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Thanks for the update Brandon. Keep us posted.
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