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Pages in category "Deaths in Yosemite National Park" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
Fatalities from wingsuit flying have occurred almost from the inception of the sport. Listed below are notable examples where wingsuit pilots were publicly named in the press, including when wingsuit practice was not the first cause of death. This incomplete list is frequently updated to include new information. Date Name Age Location Details 4 February 1912 Franz Reichelt 33 France The ...
The 1996 Yosemite Valley landslide occurred on July 10, 1996, near the Happy Isles trailhead in Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, Mariposa County, California. 162,000 tons of rocks and other debris fell to the ground at over 160 miles per hour. Of the 12 campers /hikers involved in the incident, one was killed.
A climbing instructor fell to his death on Yosemite's El Captain, according to a report, marking the latest accident on the iconic rock peak that is a favorite among rock climbers.
Per the Yosemite National Park’s website, the Four Mile Trail measures a distance of 4.8 miles one way to Glacier Point, and its level of difficulty is described as “strenuous.”
A hiker climbing Yosemite National Park's famous Half Dome died after suffering a 500-foot fall last Thursday, according to the Visalia Times-Delta. Danielle Burnett, 29, was visiting the park ...
Jason Wells, 46, and Tim Klien, 42, fell to their deaths on Saturday from the face of the El Capitan granite rock formation at Yosemite National Park.
List of deaths on eight-thousanders; List of mountaineering disasters in North America by death toll; List of people who died climbing Mount Everest; 0–9.