2 climbers die after fall from El Capitan at Yosemite
El Capitan is seen in Yosemite National Park, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
Yosemite National Park's Stoneman Bridge, a single, arching span faced with rough-hewn granite, provides a dramatic foreground to Half Dome, the park's most iconic feature. (AP Photo/Tracie Cone)
This June 12, 2012 photo shows Yosemite National Park's Stoneman Bridge, a single, arching span faced with rough-hewn granite, provides a dramatic foreground to Half Dome, the park's most iconic feature. Under proposed plans for restoring the natural flow of the Merced River, it is being considered for removal. This month the National Trust for Historic Preservation placed the 80-year-old Stoneman and two similar bridges in Yosemite Valley on its most endangered list, saying these early examples of natural park architecture should be protected. (AP Photo/Tracie Cone)
Half Dome and Yosemite Valley are seen in a view from Glacier Point at Yosemite National Park, Calif. (AP Photo/Tracie Cone, File)
Updated June 2, 2018 - 11:13 pm
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — Officials say two people have been killed after they fell while climbing El Capitan at Yosemite National Park.
The National Park Service says it happened around 8 a.m. Saturday while the two people were climbing the Freeblast Route.
Park rangers and search and rescue personnel responded to the scene but the climbers didn’t survive the fall.
Late Saturday, officials identified the climbers as 46-year-old Jason Wells of Boulder, Colorado, and 42-year-old Tim Klien of Palmdale, California.
This is the second fatal incident in Yosemite National Park in a little over a week.
