Safety emphasized after back-to-back deaths at Yosemite

Los Angeles Times | Tue, 04 Jun 2013 07:45:29 -0700

Two deaths over the weekend in Yosemite National Park are serving as reminders for guests to exercise safety, park officials said. The pair of weekend deaths mark the third and fourth accidental fatalities at the park this year, along with three ...

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Deaths spike along Yosemite path

Walla Walla Union-Bulletin | Wed, 12 Jun 2013 09:55:26 -0700

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — The two sisters boarded the morning bus to the Happy Isles trail head, ice cream cones in hand. For 50 years, their tradition has been to start a day on Mist Trail with some mint chocolate chip. Before they left on ...

Rock climber dies in freak accident on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park ...

GlobalPost | Tue, 21 May 2013 03:06:43 -0700

A rock climber has plunged to his death in an accident near the top of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. A Yosemite park spokeswoman told reporters that Mason Robison, 38, of Montana was killed after a sliver of granite dislodged and severed his rope.

Earth Log: Report calls for tent cabin changes after Yosemite hantavirus deaths

Fresno Bee | Wed, 22 May 2013 00:14:32 -0700

Federal investigators have recommended a National Park Service review of any design changes in tent cabins after three deaths last year during a hantavirus outbreak at Yosemite National Park. Several hantavirus cases were diagnosed after people spent ...

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