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Hiker Killed in Fall at Yosemite’s Half Dome ID’d as 29-Year-Old Arizona Woman
KABC ^
| 09/06/2019
Posted on 09/06/2019 12:37:10 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Danielle Burnett, of Lake Havasu City, Arizona, was scaling the steepest part of the trail Thursday when she fell more than 500 feet (150 meters) down the steep, rocky terrain.
Gediman says Burnett was dead when Park Rangers arrived on the scene.
Rangers installed cables to help hikers get to the top of the 8,800-foot rock face.
The cables are installed each summer to assist the climbs of thousands of hikers who make the popular 14-mile round trip.
(Excerpt) Read more at ktla.com ...
TOPICS: Outdoors
KEYWORDS: halfdome; hiker; killed; texasgatortroll; yosemite
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To: SimpleJack; All
Half Dome video:
https://youtu.be/P1szBvmoDgE
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posted on
09/06/2019 12:57:24 PM PDT
by
Cobra64
(Common sense isnÂ’t common anymore.)
To: originalbuckeye
“And I’m assuming there is a different way back down.”
It’s the only way for a hiker to get up and down. Unless one want’s to do a swan dive off the front face.
To: Rebelbase
Some people are always in a hurry.
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posted on
09/06/2019 12:58:38 PM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
To: Rebelbase
Squirrel suit with parachute would be fun...
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posted on
09/06/2019 12:59:21 PM PDT
by
EEGator
To: SimpleJack; All
Better Half Dome cable hike:
https://youtu.be/Ar9pNenQbK8
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posted on
09/06/2019 12:59:24 PM PDT
by
Cobra64
(Common sense isnÂ’t common anymore.)
To: BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
Bummer of a finish, but she got a great selfie!
To: Rebelbase
The picture in post 20 makes it look much less steep and wider than the picture in post 9.
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posted on
09/06/2019 1:00:36 PM PDT
by
originalbuckeye
('In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act'- George Orwell..?)
To: Rebelbase; Gamecock; SaveFerris
There aren’t enough sandwiches in the world....
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
09/06/2019 1:01:47 PM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
(Who will think of the gerbils ? Just say no to Buttgiggity !)
To: Cobra64
You’ve got to be kidding me! No fricking way!
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posted on
09/06/2019 1:05:54 PM PDT
by
Hot Tabasco
(I'm in the cleaning business.......I launder money)
To: Enterprise
Did you ever see the documentary “Free Solo”?
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posted on
09/06/2019 1:07:23 PM PDT
by
Hot Tabasco
(I'm in the cleaning business.......I launder money)
To: Hot Tabasco
That dude is out of his mind.
I found it hard to watch.
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posted on
09/06/2019 1:10:17 PM PDT
by
EEGator
To: ClearCase_guy
they’ve been using the cables for about 100 yrs IIRC.....
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posted on
09/06/2019 1:13:01 PM PDT
by
cherry
To: Rebelbase
Those climbers are actually scaling the electrode of a giant spark plug.
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posted on
09/06/2019 1:13:35 PM PDT
by
SpaceBar
To: Hot Tabasco
I have. That guy has balls of granite.
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posted on
09/06/2019 1:14:16 PM PDT
by
Cobra64
(Common sense isnÂ’t common anymore.)
To: SimpleJack
If you stay inside the cables, its not easy to misstep or fall from there.
I suspect she fell once she was at the top - people like to take selfies at the sheer cliffs at the summit.
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posted on
09/06/2019 1:17:52 PM PDT
by
PGR88
To: EEGator
To: Hot Tabasco
I’m pretty sure I haven’t.
To: SimpleJack
Ah yes, the lure of mountaineering. To boldly go where no man has gone before....
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posted on
09/06/2019 1:23:27 PM PDT
by
sphinx
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