Rockfall Kills Teenage Girl In Her Car In Glacier National Park Yesterday A 14-year-old girl was killed by rockfall on Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park, MT yesterday, August 12th, 2019. The rocks came down on the top of their vehicle, shattering the rear windshield, and fatally injuring the girl as well as injuring her parents and the two other children in the vehicle. “The rocks that hit the vehicle were between […] Industry News CragBrains | August 13, 2019 0 Comments
Body of Missing Of Mt. Whitney, CA Hiker Found Dead Yesterday According to the Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks, CA, the body of missing Mt. Whitney hiker Ling Dao was located on Tuesday afternoon, June 18th 2019, on the north slopes of Mt. Whitney. Ling was last seen alive near the summit of 14,495′ Mt. Whitney on June 12th, 2019. The exact cause of death is under investigation. Ling Dao […] Industry News CragBrains | June 19, 2019 0 Comments
Backcountry Skier Killed After Falling Down a Slope On Mount Haig, AB A 22-year-old Lethbridge man died after he fell down a slope on Mount Haig, near the Castle Mountain ski resort, Alberta while backcountry skiing on Saturday afternoon. RCMP responded to a call around 2:00 pm on June 15, after reports a skier was hit by loose rock causing him to fall. Two other skiers with him tried to provide first […] Industry News SnowBrains | June 17, 2019 0 Comments
One Killed and Two Seriously Injured as Rockfall Hits Campsite on Mt. Rainier, WA One person was killed and two others were injured after a rockfall tore through a campsite on Mount Rainier Wednesday night, the National Park Service said. Mount Rainier National Park spokesman Kevin Bacher says a rescue team responded to six climbers caught in a rockfall at 10,400 feet 8 pm Wednesday. Bacher says a climber on the Liberty Ridge route […] Climbing CragBrains | May 31, 2019 0 Comments
I-70 Near Vail, CO Closed Briefly After Rockfall Hit Vehicle Interstate 70 near Vail, CO was closed westbound at mile marker 171 Monday evening when a rockfall hit a vehicle, narrowly missing the driver. “No injuries, driver, and passengers very lucky in one of the cars hit by the rocks,” CSP said in a tweet. A post by the Colorado State Patrol showed a Nissan Xterra with a rock punctured through […] SnowBrains | March 29, 2019 0 Comments
Rockfall – A Lesson Learned in Mountain Safety Today I went backcountry skiing in Ushuaia, Argentina by myself. I’d skied in the same zone yesterday, 2 days ago, and 2 weeks ago totaling to 5 days skied in the exact same zone. It’s springtime here and I was feeling very familiar with the zone and the conditions. So confident and familiar that today, I decided not to bring any safety equipment. No beacon. No shovel. No probe. No rescue gear. No first aid kit. No helmet. No helmet. Today […] Featured Article Miles Clark | June 26, 2018 11 Comments
61 Million Pounds of Rockfall Injured 1 Climber on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, CA Thursday Multiple rockfalls occurred on famous big wall climbing location El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, CA this week. A rockfall on Wednesday, September 27th 2017, killed one person and injured another. That rockfall was estimated to have been 1,300-tons of rock. A rockfall on Thursday, September 28th 2017, was much larger, injured one person, and was estimated to have been […] Climbing CragBrains | September 30, 2017 1 Comment
Rockfall Kills One Injures One on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, CA Today According to Yosemite National Park CA, a rockfall occurred on the famous rock climbing big wall El Capitan today at 1:55pm that killed one person and injured another. The rockfall occurred on the “Waterfall Route” climbing route on East Buttress of El Capitan. This rockfall happened during peak rock climbing season. “A rockfall of undetermined size occurred on El Capitan […] Industry News CragBrains | September 27, 2017 0 Comments
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