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California Highway Patrol Assists in Rescue At approximately 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 20, 2010, the Yosemite Emergency Dispatch Center received a call regarding a climber that had fallen on a popular climbing route on El Capitan. The climber, a 48 year old male from France, fell approximately 65 feet …

Three rock climbers were rescued yesterday afternoon from the wall of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, culminating a two day rescue operation. Sarah Land, 24 from Oakhurst, California, Walker Mackey, 25, and Rio Mackey, 23, both from Boulder, Colorado were lowered down the wall of the 7,563 foot granite …

Yosemite National Park Search and Rescue Park Rangers completed a complex, high angle, helicopter rescue on El Capitan on Monday afternoon, September 26, 2011, in which an Austrian climber severed his thumb. https://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/news/elcapsar911.htm

Yosemite National Park Rangers and Search and Rescue Personnel completed a high angle, high risk rescue on El Capitan, in Yosemite Valley, on Monday, October 22, 2012, in which a stranded Canadian climber was at risk for hypothermia. The summit of El Capitan, 7,569 feet above sea level, is the …

Two climbers fell while climbing the Freeblast Route on El Capitan inside Yosemite National Park this morning at approximately 8:15 am. Park Rangers received multiple 911 calls reporting the incident and Yosemite Park Rangers and Search and Rescue staff responded to El Capitan. The climbers did not survive the fall. https://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/news/two-climbers-fall-from-el-capitan-in-yosemite-national-park.htm

Yosemite National Park identifies the two climbers who fell from the Free Blast route on El Capitan as Jason Wells, age 46, of Boulder, Colorado and Tim Klein, age 42, from Palmdale, California. https://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/news/yosemite-national-park-identifies-climbers-who-fell-from-el-capitan.htm

Two rock climbers fell to their deaths while scaling El Capitan in Yosemite National Park Saturday morning. At 8:15 a.m., park rangers received multiple 911 calls reporting an incident at … Click to Continue »

Hans Florine once climbed the Nose route of El Capitan (a nearly vertical climb of 2,900 feet) in just over two hours. It was record-setting at the time. The guy … Click to Continue »

A man killed and a woman seriously injured in a massive rockfall off Yosemite National Park’s El Capitan were identified Thursday as a couple from the United Kingdom. Park spokesman … Click to Continue »

The first ever El Capitan High School student to get a congressional recommendation to attend a military academy was celebrated last week. High school senior Ethan Torres received a nomination … Click to Continue »

A 16-year-old Merced girl was flown to a regional hospital Wednesday after the vehicle she was driving rolled over on West Bellevue Road, according to the California Highway Patrol. The … Click to Continue »

El Capitan High sends off 1st senior class Thursday School’s new campus opened in 2013 Student, staff, activities have all grown … Click to Continue »

Lincoln defeats El Capitan 6-2 in section championship game Gauchos were trying to win first section title since school opened Lincoln pitcher Elijah Garcia holds El Capitan bats quiet … Click to Continue »