Accident Prevention

Top alpinists and beloved members of the climbing community are gone following avalanche.

Massive rockfall on El Capitan during peak climbing season kills at least one person and injures another, according to the National Park Service.

A climber goes off route on the Bastille in Eldorado Canyon, Colorado and takes a 40-plus foot fall.

On June 28, at Malham Cove, Yorkshire, U.K., a climber slipped at the first bolt of Appetite (5.12a) and fell sideways to the ground, fracturing his right wrist and skull.

A poor spot on Bishop, California highball Saigon Direct (V9) leads to a shattered leg.

A 20-year-old student from Seattle falls 500 feet to his death after a simul-rappelling accident on the Goat Wall near Mazama, Washington.

Climber mistakes stuck rope for a fixed line on the East Ledges rappels, El Capitan, Yosemite.

An unroped climber falls to death from the East Ridge (IV 5.8) of Bear Creek Spire, a 13,726-foot peak in the eastern Sierra Nevada.

A simul-rappel mistake leads to a tragic death on Reed's Pinnacle in Yosemite Valley, California.

El Cap Climber hit by fully-loaded haulbag suffers a severly broken arm and severe hemorrhaging.

Ryan Kautz, 26, falls to death while rappelling the last pitch of Prime Rib of Goat, a popular 11-pitch 5.9- on the 1,300-foot Goat Wall near Mazama, Washington.

“When I realized that my fingers were gone I felt this empty, despair feeling. I thought, how much of my fingers are missing? I’ve had some injuries before, but when you can see bone, it freaks you out.” DISCLAIMER: GRAPHIC PHOTOS