By Peter Fimrite Updated 3:28 pm PST, Friday, January 4, 2019 An unidentified hiker was pronounced dead from a head wound where he apparently fell ona sloping slab of granite near Vernal Fall, Yosemite National Park officials said Friday, Jan. 4, 2019. An unidentified hiker was pronounced dead from a head wound where he apparently fell ona sloping slab of granite near Vernal Fall, Yosemite National Park officials said Friday, Jan. 4, 2019. Photo: Gosia Wozniacka / AP Photo: Gosia Wozniacka / AP Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Image 1 of 1 An unidentified hiker was pronounced dead from a head wound where he apparently fell ona sloping slab of granite near Vernal Fall, Yosemite National Park officials said Friday, Jan. 4, 2019. An unidentified hiker was pronounced dead from a head … [Read more...] about Man dies on Christmas Day hike in Yosemite National Park
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2 Dead After Apparent Fall From Taft Point in Yosemite National Park
Two people have died after apparently falling from Taft Point in Yosemite National Park, park officials stated Thursday. The bodies of the male and female park visitors were being recovered by park rangers Thursday morning. The deaths are under investigation, according to park officials. Authorities have yet to determine the identities of the park visitors, park officials stated. Taft Point features a lookout spot from the edge of a cliff that offers visitors expansive views of Yosemite Valley, El Capitan and Yosemite Falls. Yosemite National Park spokesman Scott Gediman says railings only exist at some parts of the overlook. Visitors can walk to the cliff's edge, where there is no railing. Gediman says more than 10 people have died this year in Yosemite, some from natural causes and others from falls. Last month, an Israeli teenager visiting the park fell hundreds of feet to his death while hiking near the top of 600-foot-tall Nevada Fall. The death of 18-year-old Tomer Frankfurter … [Read more...] about 2 Dead After Apparent Fall From Taft Point in Yosemite National Park
Man and woman fall to death from Taft Point in Yosemite National Park
By Amy Graff, SFGATE Updated 11:54 am PDT, Thursday, October 25, 2018 A man and woman fell from the Taft Point View in Yosemite Valley on Thursday. A man and woman fell from the Taft Point View in Yosemite Valley on Thursday. Photo: REDA&CO/UIG Via Getty Images West View from Promontory Point in Autumn, Taft Point Overlook, Yosemite Valley and El Capitan, Taft Point, Yosemite National Park. West View from Promontory Point in Autumn, Taft Point Overlook, Yosemite Valley and El Capitan, Taft Point, Yosemite National Park. Photo: VW Pics/UIG Via Getty Images On August 14, an oak tree branch fell onto a tent at the Upper Pines campground. The two teens sleeping inside were tragically killed. The last time someone at the park was killed by a falling tree was in 2012, when a concession employee was slain by a falling limb on his tent. less On … [Read more...] about Man and woman fall to death from Taft Point in Yosemite National Park
Teen falls to death in Yosemite National Park
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Teen visiting U.S. from Israel dies in Yosemite National Park fall, report says
A teen visiting Yosemite National Park from Israel fell to his death Wednesday while trying to take a selfie, according to an Israeli news report. The Times of Israel reported that Tomer Frankfurter, 18, died after plunging more than 800 feet after slipping off a cliff at Yosemite. The news organization said Frankfurter’s mother, who was not identified, confirmed the death along with Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Frankfurter’s mother said her son had been on a two-month trip in the United States, the paper stated. Officials with Yosemite National Park and the National Parks Service could not be reached for comment Wednesday. In June, two climbers plunged to their deaths from El Capitan in Yosemite National Park after using a climbing technique known as simul-climbing. Lauren Hernandez is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: [email protected] Twitter: @LaurenPorFavor … [Read more...] about Teen visiting U.S. from Israel dies in Yosemite National Park fall, report says