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Clint Cummins
Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
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Sep 28, 2017 - 05:20pm PT
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Bob,
Yep, Werner posted this as well.
So I edited my post.
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BryanE
climber
Minnesota
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Sep 28, 2017 - 05:20pm PT
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Just got a text from someone in Yosemite saying that there was an even bigger rockfall in the same spot about 20 minutes ago (approximately 5pm pacific time). Does anybody know more about this?
Hope all is well.
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tithaf
Trad climber
Mammoth Lakes, CA
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Sep 28, 2017 - 05:25pm PT
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Just got a text from someone in Yosemite saying that there was an even bigger rockfall in the same spot about 20 minutes ago (approximately 5pm pacific time). Does anybody know more about this?
BryanE, did they clarify whether it was more recent than the one at 3:25PM today?
Got clarity from ^^^.
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flyingkiwi1
Trad climber
Seattle WA
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Sep 28, 2017 - 06:09pm PT
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From Jim's post:
Take it easy. The thing about El Capitan is that all of the climbing routes to its top follow lines of molecular weakness. It's the basic rule of geology that troubles millions of people and the value we place on flat earth while surrounded by valleys.
If you find yourself looking up at a route you want to climb, wait until the rain falls. You will see every weakness we climb, streaming water.
During the time I was climbing actively (I switched to surfing and skiing after becoming a Dad), it would occur to me every couple of months that climbing roofs, in particular, requires willful denial of the reality of how the roof got there.
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Rollover
climber
Gross Vegas
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Sep 28, 2017 - 06:22pm PT
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^^^^^
Wonder if said “micro-quakes” were triggers or results in these two
rockfalls.
Juan would know..RIP
Paging gstock.
Maybe he was there today?
By chance?
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klaus
Big Wall climber
Florence & Normandy
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Sep 28, 2017 - 06:32pm PT
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Looks like a New route to be done. I might have to come out of retirement after the dust settles.
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Clint Cummins
Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
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Sep 28, 2017 - 06:33pm PT
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Greg Stock was probably in the helicopter shown in Tim's photo.
No doubt he's busy this evening.
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Fluoride
Trad climber
West Los Angeles, CA/Joshua Tree
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Sep 28, 2017 - 06:34pm PT
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Looks like Pete & Co. were topping out right as this one went down. He said it went all the way down to Northside Dr.
https://twitter.com/DerekKCRA/status/913553778166525952
Yosemite National PkVerified account @YosemiteNPS 2h2 hours ago
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Northside Drive exiting Yosemite Valley is closed due to a new rockfall off of El Capitan. Use Southside Drive to exit Yosemite Valley.
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klaus
Big Wall climber
Florence & Normandy
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Sep 28, 2017 - 06:41pm PT
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On the News they showed video from a helicopter of the Footstool
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tithaf
Trad climber
Mammoth Lakes, CA
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Sep 28, 2017 - 06:45pm PT
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gstock knows we're posting here but is super busy right about now .... Looking forward to his update though
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Plaidman
Trad climber
West Slope of Powell Butte, Portland, Oregon, USA
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Sep 28, 2017 - 07:27pm PT
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THIS JUST IN!!!! Photo of scar on El Capitan Waterfall Route Yosemite!!!
Photo credit Sharon Birchfield
Thx Sharon!
Plaid
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kunlun_shan
Mountain climber
SF, CA
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Sep 28, 2017 - 07:33pm PT
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Looks like a New route to be done. I might have to come out of retirement after the dust settles.
I'm sure any new route will be as appropriately named as the one that just disappeared, Klaus.
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Child
Mountain climber
S.L.UT
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Sep 28, 2017 - 07:36pm PT
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Wow she totally looks alive, and pissed off in that photo, or weeping, or both!
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gstock
climber
Yosemite Valley
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Sep 28, 2017 - 07:37pm PT
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More later...
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Plaidman
Trad climber
West Slope of Powell Butte, Portland, Oregon, USA
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Sep 28, 2017 - 07:42pm PT
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Pete got the LA of The Waterfall Route!!!
Last Ascent©™®
Plaid
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stevep
Boulder climber
Salt Lake, UT
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Sep 28, 2017 - 07:42pm PT
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Yowza.
Thanks Greg. I'm sure you're all types of busy. Thanks for taking the time to post here.
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crberg
Trad climber
Cave Creek, AZ
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Sep 28, 2017 - 07:43pm PT
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So where was Pete and his party durring the first fall?
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Plaidman
Trad climber
West Slope of Powell Butte, Portland, Oregon, USA
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Sep 28, 2017 - 07:50pm PT
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^^^^^^They were just above it. They dodged the bullet twice.
Plaid
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