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  2. 2 killed in Yosemite rock slide, a hazard that poses ... - AOL

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    Two people died in a rock slide Tuesday at Yosemite National Park, according to the Mariposa County Sheriff’s Office. The slide occurred between the town of El Portal and the park's Arch Rock ...

  3. Rock slide deaths at Yosemite National Park lead to closures

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    Two people died in a rock slide earlier this week at the Yosemite National Park, according to the local county sheriff’s office.

  4. 1996 Yosemite Valley landslide - Wikipedia

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    Of the 12 campers /hikers involved in the incident, one was killed. The landslide competes with the 1997 Merced River flood and the 2013 Rim wildfire for the designation of the worst natural disaster in Yosemite to date. The earthquake caused by the rock slide was followed almost immediately by a sonic boom.

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  6. Ferguson landslide - Wikipedia

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    The Ferguson landslide, also commonly called the Ferguson Slide, is an active landslide in the Merced River canyon in Mariposa County, California, United States. In 2006, rocks and debris slid off Ferguson Ridge, blocking California State Route 140 , a primary access road to Yosemite National Park . [ 1 ]

  7. List of fatalities due to wingsuit flying - Wikipedia

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    Prolific climber, adventurer, and BASE jumper, was killed in a BASE jumping accident near Zion National Park, Utah. [63] [64] Leary climbed Yosemite's El Capitan more than 50 times and had set numerous climbing records on that mountain, including setting speed records for climbing the Salathé Wall, with Alex Honnold; and The Nose.

  8. List of landslides - Wikipedia

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    Very rapid rock avalanche triggered by the 1929 Arthur's Pass earthquake [73] 25 Aug 1933 Diexi, Mao County, Sichuan, China 1933 Diexi earthquake: 150 MCM ~3100 The largest landslide formed a 255-metre-high (837 ft) landslide dam on the Min River. This landslide killed all but one of the 577 people in the town of Deixi.

  9. Two climbers die in fall from El Capitan in Yosemite National ...

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    El Capitan, which looms 3,000 feet (914 m) above the floor of Yosemite Valley, is one of the best-known landmarks in the national park and is considered a world-class challenge for rock climbers.