Friend of mine is a rock climber and sent me this thread in a climbing forum about the massive rock fall off the face of El Capitan at Yosemite. Unfortunately, it seems the first fall killed one person and injured a second (a Welsh couple who were climbers) and the second injured two people. But I think things could have been a lot worse, so a lot of people feeling lucky today. Some linked photos and Twitter videos in the thread are well worth following to get a sense of the scale - of both the rock and the luck. I know there are climbers here who might be interested, so I thought I would put this in the OT section.
Massive rockfall - Waterfall route :: SuperTopo Rock Climbing Discussion Topic
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