Two people have lost their lives after falling while climbing the Freeblast Route on El Capitan inside Yosemite National Park this Saturday. With the investigation still ongoing, it is believed that park rangers were alerted to the incident through 911 calls reporting the incident early on Saturday morning. At this time, officials have not released the identities of the two victims.
What happened?
According to ABC 30, both climbers that fell during the incident did not survive; the identities of the two victims will be released pending their families being notified by officials. Park officials are investigating the deaths at this time.
According to ABC 7, officials have said that they do not believe more information will be released on Saturday concerning the story. The publication also noted that another death happened inside the park late last month, when a hiker also fell, from the Half Dome cables during a thunderstorm.
As this story is developing, more information will be updated as made available.