2 Climbers – One From Colorado – Killed Climbing El Capitan In Yosemite

Two rock climbers were killed Saturday morning when they fell from El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, officials said. The two fell about 8:15 a.m. while climbing the Freeblast route on the sheer granite rock, according to a statement from the National Park Service. Park rangers and rescue workers were immediately dispatched to the scene. The National Park Service identified the climbers as Jason Wells, 46, of Boulder and Tim Klien, 42, of Palmdale, Calif., according to the Los Angeles Times. Freeblast is a climbing route on the first stretch of near-vertical rock above the treeline on El Capitan, which rises 3,000 feet above the Yosemite Valley. Yosemite’s majestic rock faces have proven both Read more on Colorado Springs Gazette