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#36350 - 04/07/08 09:18 PM Rock Fall on Grim-Ace Face
jdw
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Registered: 03/25/01
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My partner and I witnessed a pretty significant rockfall from Grim-Ace Face on Sunday morning (~9:30). We just walked past a belayer on the ground, were not more than thirty feet away, when the leader (about 100 feet up), yells "Rock!" Several probably microwave sized blocks (guessing here, we didnt' go back into the bomb zone to inspect), come crashing down, along with the remnants of a small pine tree (presumably growing on the cliff and knocked off by the rockfall). One of the leader's doubles was severed. Nobody was hurt, thankfully. Be careful if you venture up this route in the near future - who knows what more is waiting to come down.

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#36365 - 04/08/08 12:47 PM Re: Rock Fall on Grim-Ace Face [Re: jdw]
Coppertone
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Sounds like he was on the 2nd pitch which has allot of loose rock. I wonder if it changed the route at all?
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#36436 - 04/10/08 02:35 PM Re: Rock Fall on Grim-Ace Face [Re: Coppertone]
greyalien
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Makes me want to dig up my half ropes...
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#37040 - 05/14/08 09:29 AM Re: Rock Fall on Grim-Ace Face [Re: greyalien]
GOclimb
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At least one toaster sized rock fell off Baby last weekend.

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#37041 - 05/14/08 09:54 AM Re: Rock Fall on Grim-Ace Face [Re: GOclimb]
chip
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Looked like two big chunks came off from near the belay for either Baby or Easy Overhang. Thankfully, the party screamed "rock" repeatedly and everyone below ducked out of the way. There were at least five people in the line of fire, and any contact with those bombs would have been messy.
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#37045 - 05/14/08 11:12 AM Re: Rock Fall on Grim-Ace Face [Re: chip]
GOclimb
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Yah, I talked to a guy who had to dive out of the path, and put a big enough puncture wound in his leg (from landing badly on talus) to require a brief trip to the emergency room. He was up and climbing the next day, though (which he sure wouldn't be if he'd gotten hit by one of those toasters).

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