Rockfall! Welcome to the Little Red Tent, Rockfall witnesses.
- October 8th, 2008
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- By Edie
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As Loyd says at yosemiteblog.com, yes, there was a rockfall yesterday above curry village. I’m uploading yesterdays pics to flickr, will post link to slideshow here shortly. I am fine. Yes, there was AOTHER rockfall this morning. I was at my computer in my LL Bean “wicked good” shearling slippers, and felt the earthquake. *Then* I heard the rumble. Just returned from Curry with pictures, offloading them now, will have them on Flickr shortly. I heard reports of three injuries–one a ten year old boy who was hit on the head and treated locally. Helicopter inspected the breakaway area yesterday and this morning.
Lots of damage to tents–heard a story of some restoration contract workers being moved from their tents last night; They refused because they didn’t feel safe. The tents they’d been assigned to were completely destroyed this morning. They had been re-reassigned to tents further away.
Tents 81, 82, 83 were obliterated. Sorry, no pictures, they wouldn’t let me back there.
Christine Loberg stopped by my room last night, told me that she’d been conducting a class, and one of her students managed to get shots of yesterday of the entire rockfall as it happened.
More info as I get it, and stay tuned for pictures!


In 1976 I lived at the top of the women’s employee tent village at Curry. It was the furthest up of any of the tents. Our tent was atop a huge boulder. On several occasions I was awakened by what sounded like thunder rolling through the valley. That is the sound of a rockslide. I used to lay there in terror wondering if I might be squashed. Being at the bottom of the apron it only seemed logical that someday a catastrophe would happen. I hope no one was killed!