El Capitan rock slides

[aguablanco]

There is very little sport climbing gear(read bolts) in any national park, it is generally not allowed. Climbers use removable protection almost exclusively. The previous post regarding erosuin is absolutely on the mark. That's how the Grand Canyon was formed.
RichH

 

[JoelP]

Did you see this guy that free climbs El Cap in less that 4 hours...no more pitons or ropes are necessary.

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/features/athletes/alex-honnold/most-dangerous-free-solo-climb-yosemite-national-park-el-capitan/

And there was another big rock slide today...no one was hurt but it was a big chunk of rock that fell.

Our last trip to El Capitan my wife and I saw one young man preparing to free climb, i.e. without any ropes.  My wife asked him if his mother knew he did this.  He replied that they mutually decided several years ago to not talk about it.  He explained that one doesn't just go out and start free climbing; it takes year of preparation to be able to do this. He said that the advantage is that a climb that might have taken 2 days can take a matter of hours as a free climber.  In my opinion they are are all nuts.

 

[Armin]

There is very little sport climbing gear(read bolts) in any national park, it is generally not allowed. Climbers use removable protection almost exclusively.

Not sure about all national parks, but there's no shortage of bolts in Yosemite. Check out some of these route descriptions:

https://web.stanford.edu/~clint/yos/longhf.htm

 

[aguablanco]

Not sure about all national parks, but there's no shortage of bolts in Yosemite. Check out some of these route descriptions:

https://web.stanford.edu/~clint/yos/longhf.htm

I guess I confused Yosemite's policy with Grand Canyon's. However, all bolts in Yosemite must be hand drilled, no power equipment allowed. That certainly limits their placement.
RichH

 

[Old_Crow]

That explains why Yosemite park was looking for fulltime Campground hosts that had experience in filling out accident reports.

It would still be wonderful to be able to live there.

A couple of years ago, I did a phone interview to be a host at Yosemite.  The supervisor seemed more interested in how I was at handling drunks after quiet hours than if I minded cleaning toilets or campsites.  Told her I'd raised 5 boys(2 of whom work and live at Yosemite).  This seemed to be qualification enough for her, but the question was a deal-breaker for me.  Too bad, as I would have liked to have spent the season in the same park as my boys.
Ended up instead at the Grand Canyon north rim.  In 2 seasons, I've had to ask exactly one group to quiet down at 10pm.