Another Yosemite death, climber struck by boulder

[SF Chronicle RSS Feed - Tom Stienstra]

A climber from England died Sunday 600 feet above the valley floor of Yosemite National Park when he was struck by a boulder dislodged by another climber 150 feet above him. Park officials identified the climber as Felix Kiernan, 28, from London. He was climbing the East Buttress of El Capitan, a world-renown climbing route. It was the second death of the weekend at Yosemite. On Saturday, a man swimming above 594-foot Nevada Fall was swept by the ###current over the brink. Kiernan and his climbing partner were ###600 feet up the climbing route at 2 p.m. Sunday when a loose block-type boulder was dislodged above him,###according to rangers at [...]

More...