2 climbers dead after falling from Yosemite’s El Capitan

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Jason Wells, 46, of Boulder, Colo. In 2017, top climber Quinn Brett fell during a fast climb up The Nose and is now paralyzed below her waist.

They were not professional or sponsored. Willoughby said the two men began climbing together while living in San Diego during their college years.

Two climbers die in fall from El Capitan in Yosemite National Park

June 4, 2018 When it came to climbing, Jason Wells and Tim Klein were in a league of their own. So when they set out to climb the 3,000-foot granite rock formation in California on Saturday, Wells, 45, and Klein, 42, were well within their comfort zone. It was just another morning on El Cap, as climbers call it. Attached to the same rope, Wells and Klein scaled the Freeblast Route of the Salathé Wall. Their friend, identified by Robinson as Kevin Prince, made his ascent while clipped to a separate rope and anchor. Tethered together, the duo dropped about 1,000 feet to their deaths. A crowd of spectators had gathered in a field below El Cap, known as The Meadow, to watch a different team of climbers attempt a possible record, Robinson said. Because Prince was not attached to the same system, he survived. The cause of the fall is still under investigation, but the deaths have shocked the elite climbing community, who considered Klein and Wells masters of the sport. El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, Calif. The section of the Freeblast Route where the duo fell was a relatively easy part of the ascent, Robinson said. Their deaths underscored the dangers that even skilled climbers face while scaling the rocks of Yosemite, climbers die on el capitan more than 100 climbing accidents take place every year, according to data from the National Park Service. Just a couple of weeks earlier, on May 21, a man slipped and fell to his death during a thunderstorm. The man and a companion were climbing a trail where rangers had recently installed cables to help hikers get to the top of the rock face. The pair just scaled the Nose of El Capitan two weeks ago, in a typical whirlwind climbing weekend, Willoughby said. Wells would frequently fly to California from his home in Boulder, Colo. The next day the duo would wake up and climb another route before Wells had to fly back to Boulder, Robinson said. They were not professional or sponsored. He was married in June 2016 and has a daughter from a previous marriage, according to Climbing magazine. Klein, a father of two, was a longtime and beloved teacher at Antelope Valley Union High School District, where he last week won teacher of the year for the second time. As part of a fundraiser for a student who was injured in a drive-by shooting, Klein scaled an indoor climbing wall in Santa Clara for 9 hours, 26 minutes and 15 seconds, reaching a total of 29,065 feet. Last week, Klein attended the graduation for the student. But safety was always paramount to the climbers during their weekends scaling the rocks together.

We had rock slides, car wrecks and a whole host of problems. The lead climber is still supposed to place safety gear in cracks in the event of a fall, but the rope is not anchored at the bottom as is standard. National Park Service data shows that more than 100 climbing accidents occur in Yosemite every year, and 51 climbers died from traumatic injuries in the park from 1970 through 1990. Two experienced climbers died after falling Saturday. He was married in June 2016 and has a daughter from a previous marriage, according to Climbing magazine. In 2017, top climber Quinn Brett fell during a fast climb up The Nose and is now paralyzed below her waist. In simul-climbing, climbers scale the wall at the same time with the bottom climber belaying as he goes. In 2011, two men and a woman crossed a metal barricade above the 317-foot Vernal Fall, making their way over slick granite to pose for a picture. He admitted this week that he has occasionally climbed easy terrain without a rope, but said he always places protection when he is climbing with someone else.