Rockfall at Yosemite's El Capitan '10 times bigger' than deadly slide a day earlier, witness says
by By Joseph Serna and Alene Tchekmedyian, Los Angeles Times
Sep 29, 2017
3 minutes
A massive hunk of rock fell off Yosemite National Park's El Capitan on Thursday, a day after a rockfall in the same area of the granite monolith killed a British tourist and seriously injured his wife, park officials said.
One person was hurt in Thursday's slide, though it was unclear if the individual was a climber or a motorist. Tourists were asked to use Southside Drive to exit Yosemite Valley, as the rockfall left Northside Drive closed.
"It could've been a lot worse," said Ken Yager, president of
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