Two Expert Climbers Fall to Deaths Whilst Speed Climbing the Freeblast Route on El Capitan Two experienced climbers fell to their deaths on Saturdayย morning whilst speed climbing on the lower pitches of the Salathรฉ Wall on El Capitan, a section called Freeblast,ย in Yosemite National Park. Jason Wells, 46, of Boulder, COย and Tim Klein, 42, from Palmdale, CA wereย simul-climbing through Pitch 9 or 10, 5.7 terrain approaching Mammoth Terraces when the incident occurred at around 8:15 […] Climbing CragBrains | June 4, 2018 1 Comment