Climbers die in fall from El Capitan
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — Two rock climbers were killed Saturday 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.
The two climbers were identified as Tim Klein, 42, of Palmdale, Calif., and Jason Wells, 46, of Boulder, Colo., according to the park service.
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.
