Selected Yosemite accidents of 2012. Much better then 2011
Selected Yosemite accidents of 2012. Much better then 2011
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http://www.nps.gov/yose/blogs/Lessons-Learned-2012-Last-post-for-the-season.htm

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http://www.nps.gov/yose/blogs/Rescue-From-Near-Snake-Dike-Half-Dome.htm

August 27, 2012 For reasons unexplained, the climbers did not place any anchor gear for the climber who was belaying. The lead climber started up the route, climbing 40 feet of easy (5.5) slab with no protection up to a shallow roof. Under the roof he placed a piece of protective gear (#.3 cam). He then tried to turn (move past) the roof and fell. The piece of protection held. He tried again and fell, and again the piece held. He tried a third time and fell; this time his one piece of protection pulled out. He fell down to the belay ledge, struck the ledge next to his climbing partner, and fell 40 feet farther until the rope became taut, pulling the belayer off her belay ledge. They both came to rest 50 feet below the belay ledge, on the next major ledge.

The park helicopter transported the injured belayer, by short-haul in a litter to Ahwahnee Meadow, where she was flown to a trauma center in the Central Valley. Her injuries included a punctured lung, a fractured pelvis, and two fractured vertebra.

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http://www.nps.gov/yose/blogs/Hikers-Seriously-Injured-After-Slipping-and-Falling-Near-Chilnualna-Falls.htm

September 3, 2012 The two individuals (one male and one female) were scrambling off-trail when they slipped, slid approximately 30-35 feet down a smooth granite slab, and then fell vertically 15-20 feet onto large uneven rocks. The female landed between two boulders and her companion landed on top of her. The female was unconscious and the male was complaining of severe lower back and pelvic pain. The patients were packaged in litters and then individually short-hauled directly from the accident scene to Wawona Meadow, where they were transferred to two separate medical evacuation helicopters and flown to hospitals in the Central Valley. As of September 15, both patients remain in critical condition.

Scrambling off-trail is one of the leading causes of serious injury and death in Yosemite.

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http://www.nps.gov/yose/blogs/Hiker-Seriously-Injured-while-Scrambling-near-Illilouette-Fall.htm

June 28, 2012 Around noon last Thursday, June 28, a 65-year-old male set off from Lower Pines Campground in Yosemite Valley for an off-trail hike. The subject left the trail at the confluence of the Merced River and Illilouette Creek and headed up the Illilouette Creek drainage toward the base of Illilouette Fall, scrambling and climbing over boulders of every size. Near the base of Illilouette Fall, the hiker left the creek bed and started scrambling up much steeper terrain (class 5) toward Glacier Point. The hiker suddenly lost traction, slipped, and took a tumbling 100-foot fall, coming to rest at the base of a granite apron not far from the base of Illilouette Fall. He realized his injuries were serious-in fact, incapacitating-and that he needed help. The rangers were able to communicate directly with the subject on his cell phone, and at sunset, a team of three rescuers headed up the drainage to find him.

When the rescuers found the subject, it was close to dark. The subject was lying on his back, not moving. To immobilize the subject's spine, the rescuers packaged him in a vacuum body splint, covered him with a sleeping bag, and settled in for a long night. The next morning, the subject was extracted from the backcountry by helicopter via short-haul. His notable injuries included: four full-thickness scalp lacerations, a cervical vertebra fractured in two places, a fractured thoracic vertebra, a fractured right pelvis, and an open fracture of the left ring finger. During the entire ordeal the visitor remained calm and had a positive attitude and is expected to fully recover from his injuries
http://www.nps.gov/yose/blogs/Lessons-Learned-2012-Last-post-for-the-season.htm

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