Accident Report: Two Ground Falls, Lowering July 3rd, 2017 saw two climbing accidents almost identical in nature. Both were ground falls, and both resulted from a belayer lowering their climber off the end of a rope.
Accident Report: Rappelling Near Misses Yosemite has seen a tremendous amount of rappelling related injuries, fatalities, and near miss rescues.
Accident Report: South Face, Washington Column Multiple cams pull in leader fall on South Face of Washington Column.
Accident Report: Matthes Crest, Rappelling On September 11th 2016, at approximately 8 pm, Tuolumne Meadows SAR was informed of a…
Accident Report: East Ledges, El Capitan September 5th rappelling accident on the East Ledges descent of El Capitan results in fatality.
Accident Report: Simul-Rappelling, Reeds Pinnacle Simul-rappelling accident at Reed's Pinnacle Area results in fatality.
Tuolumne Meadows Summer Accident Roundup The July and August 2016 summer season in Tuolumne brought about a large number of climbing related injuries and rescues.
Accident Report: Dropped Haul Bag, El Cap Dropped haul bag results in open arm fracture near base of El Capitan.
Spring Climbing Accidents 2016 As the 2016 climbing season gets rolling, Yosemite has already seen a number of technical rescues.…
Danger Zones: The Nose The Nose of El Capitan began capturing people’s attention well before the first ascent in 1958.…
Accident Report: West Face, Leaning Tower On Sept. 27th at 8:25am 911 received a call from a climber on the West Face of Leaning Tower reporting a climber fall.
Accident Report: Lurking Fear, El Cap Photos by Cheyne Lempe On September 19th, at approximately 5:30pm, YOSAR was notified about a…