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Tag Archives: yosemite national park

The Latest: Deadly rockfall at Yosemite was size of building
International News / Science / U.S. News

The Latest: Deadly rockfall at Yosemite was size of building

Posted on 10/06/17 by devontaeknight

  A climber who was above a deadly rockfall at Yosemite National Park says a hunk of granite “the size of an apartment building” fell off the mountainside. Peter Zaybrok (ZAY’-brok) of Ontario, Canada, says he was on his sixth day of a climb up the popular El Capitan on Wednesday when he looked down … Continue reading →

The Latest: Yosemite IDs British man killed by rock fall
Lifestyle

The Latest: Yosemite IDs British man killed by rock fall

Posted on 10/02/17 by jacobismith

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on a second rock fall in Yosemite one day after a deadly slide (all times local): 7:40 p.m. Yosemite National Park has identified the British tourist killed by a massive rock fall. The park says 32-year-old Andrew Foster of Wales and his wife were hiking at the … Continue reading →

Climber: Rock fall strikes Yosemite for a second day
U.S. News / Uncategorized

Climber: Rock fall strikes Yosemite for a second day

Posted on 09/28/17 by Raeza Hoover

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A massive new rock fall hit Yosemite National Park on Thursday, cracking with a thundering roar off the iconic El Capitan rock formation and sending huge plumes of white dust surging through the valley floor below. It was not immediately clear if there were new casualties, a day after another slab … Continue reading →

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