Off the wall : death in Yosemite : gripping accounts of all known fatal mishaps in America's first protected land of scenic wonders / Michael P. Ghiglieri and Charles R. "Butch" Farabee, Jr.
Introduction: Why a book on death? -- Map of Yosemite National Park -- Map of Yosemite Valley -- Waterfalls -- Snow -- Base jumping -- Park builders -- Aircraft down -- Falls while hiking & scrambling -- Freak accidents & errors : Lightning ; Off the wall--natural rockfalls & slides ; Logging or firefighting ; Freak errors -- Wheels : The first roads & wagon trails into the Valley ; Mishaps with wagons & stage coaches ; Motor vehicles invade Yosemite -- Big walls & small ones, too : Bad raps ; Anchors away ; Lost leaders (protection that didn't) ; "We will, we will, rock you" ; It was a dark and stormy night ; Odd ends -- Drowning -- Fauna & flora : Deer ; The bear facts ; Horses & mules ; Small, "sneaky" creatures ; Treefalls -- Lost -- Suicide -- Homicide -- What can we learn from all this? -- The rest of the story.
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