US & Canada 26 October 2018 Share this with Facebook Share this with Messenger Share this with Twitter Share this with Email Share this with Facebook Share this with WhatsApp Share this with Messenger Share this with Twitter Share Share this with These are external links and will open in a new window Email Share this with Email Facebook Share this with Facebook Messenger Share this with Messenger Messenger Share this with Messenger Twitter Share this with Twitter Pinterest Share this with Pinterest WhatsApp Share this with WhatsApp LinkedIn Share this with LinkedIn Copy this link https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-45994506 Read more about sharing. These are external links and will open in a new window Close share panel Officials in California's Yosemite National Park are investigating the deaths of two people who fell from a popular lookout … [Read more...] about Two dead after fall from Yosemite cliff
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2 climbers die after fall from El Capitan at Yosemite
El Capitan is seen in Yosemite National Park, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)Yosemite National Park's Stoneman Bridge, a single, arching span faced with rough-hewn granite, provides a dramatic foreground to Half Dome, the park's most iconic feature. (AP Photo/Tracie Cone) This June 12, 2012 photo shows Yosemite National Park's Stoneman Bridge, a single, arching span faced with rough-hewn granite, provides a dramatic foreground to Half Dome, the park's most iconic feature. Under proposed plans for restoring the natural flow of the Merced River, it is being considered for removal. This month the National Trust for Historic Preservation placed the 80-year-old Stoneman and two similar bridges in Yosemite Valley on its most endangered list, saying these early examples of natural park architecture should be protected. (AP Photo/Tracie Cone)Half Dome and Yosemite Valley are seen in a view from Glacier Point at Yosemite National Park, Calif. (AP Photo/Tracie Cone, File) YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, … [Read more...] about 2 climbers die after fall from El Capitan at Yosemite
Two climbers dead after fall from Yosemite’s El Capitan
FILE - This Jan. 14, 2015, file photo, shows El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, Calif. Two climbers have set a new speed record for ascending the famous Nose route of El Capitan, one of the world's most technical and dangerous verticals. Alex Honnold and his climbing partner Tommy Caldwell on Wednesday, May 30, 2018, raced up the nearly 90-degree, 2,900-foot precipice in 2 hours 10 minutes 15 seconds. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File) This Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017 photo provided by The National Park Service shows a rock fall off the iconic El Capitan rock formation in Yosemite National Park, Calif. 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. (The National Park Service via AP) Sound The gallery will resume inseconds News media and onlookers line the road as Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson near the summit … [Read more...] about Two climbers dead after fall from Yosemite’s El Capitan
2 climbers dead after falling from Yosemite’s El Capitan
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2 climbers killed after fall from Yosemite’s El Capitan
By Associated Press | | PUBLISHED: June 2, 2018 at 12:55 pm | UPDATED: June 2, 2018 at 12:59 pm YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK — Officials say two people have been killed after they fell while climbing El Capitan at Yosemite National Park. The National Park Service says it happened around 8 a.m. Saturday while the two people were climbing the Freeblast Route. Park rangers and search and rescue personnel responded to the scene but the climbers didn’t survive the fall. The names of the climbers were not immediately released and officials would not provide any additional information. This is the second fatal incident in Yosemite National Park in a little over a week. Last week, a hiker fell to his death while climbing the iconic granite cliffs of Half Dome in rainy conditions. … [Read more...] about 2 climbers killed after fall from Yosemite’s El Capitan