The Story of a Mountain Climbing Accident in Yosemite Park
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 1:12 pm
I ran across the email below when I ws searching most dangerous trails in the world. I don't know if anyone has ever heard of Mount Huashan, but this trail is incredible. Check it out. When you travel on this mountain, it's called Mountain Hiking, not Mountain Climbing.
Anyway, I found this email below and thought you all might be interested to read it and see the picture. I edited it down in size. You can read the full email in the link above.
-----Original Message-----
From: Allen
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008
To: dance@ssqq.com
Subject: huashan trail
Rick,
I came across your website after googling "most dangerous trails". .........
Last June, I was in Yosemite. I've been up the Half Dome a couple of times and decided to go up for a third time. While I was on the cables, I saw someone slip from above and slide to his death. It was the most frantic and shocking thing I have ever been a part of. People suddenly started screaming, I looked up and saw a guy sliding off the mountain with no way to stop his momentum. I can still see the look on his face, petrified, he was kicking his feet, he bounced on the rock a couple of times. He slid by me, and when I looked back, his feet hit a divot which unfortunately caused him to somersault out of view. Someone below yelled that he was "airborne", falling 4000 feet to the Valley floor. Lot of good that warning did him.
The poor fellow didn't go airborne for long. He landed on a ledge about a hundred feet below the "saddle" section where the cables begin. A couple of hikers had the courage to go down there for a rescue attempt. His heart was actually still beating for a few minutes but he succumbed to his injuries. All of this happened so fast.
About a year before, another person lost his grip on the cables and slid down the other side of the mountain. He lucked out when his pants caught a piece of rock that prevent him from sliding 4000 feet to his death. The poor guy was stuck there for 6-8 hours before someone rescued him. Unreal, huh?
Anyway, I found this email below and thought you all might be interested to read it and see the picture. I edited it down in size. You can read the full email in the link above.
-----Original Message-----
From: Allen
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008
To: dance@ssqq.com
Subject: huashan trail
Rick,
I came across your website after googling "most dangerous trails". .........
Last June, I was in Yosemite. I've been up the Half Dome a couple of times and decided to go up for a third time. While I was on the cables, I saw someone slip from above and slide to his death. It was the most frantic and shocking thing I have ever been a part of. People suddenly started screaming, I looked up and saw a guy sliding off the mountain with no way to stop his momentum. I can still see the look on his face, petrified, he was kicking his feet, he bounced on the rock a couple of times. He slid by me, and when I looked back, his feet hit a divot which unfortunately caused him to somersault out of view. Someone below yelled that he was "airborne", falling 4000 feet to the Valley floor. Lot of good that warning did him.
The poor fellow didn't go airborne for long. He landed on a ledge about a hundred feet below the "saddle" section where the cables begin. A couple of hikers had the courage to go down there for a rescue attempt. His heart was actually still beating for a few minutes but he succumbed to his injuries. All of this happened so fast.
About a year before, another person lost his grip on the cables and slid down the other side of the mountain. He lucked out when his pants caught a piece of rock that prevent him from sliding 4000 feet to his death. The poor guy was stuck there for 6-8 hours before someone rescued him. Unreal, huh?
Nicely formatted Mt. Huashan link by the way. 
