A chunk of rock broke off El Capitan, the towering granite wall in Yosemite National Park, on Wednesday afternoon, killing one person and injuring another, park officials said. The rockfall occurred shortly before 2 p.m. on the right side of the wall, along the Waterfall Route, a popular ascent for rock climbers on the 3,000-foot-tall monolith¹. Park rangers and search-and-rescue crews, who combed the area on foot and in a helicopter, found one person who had died and another who had been injured, Scott Gediman, a spokesman for Yosemite, said in a statement.

¹Not any more.

Blame those links on the Failing New York Times. I do accept the guilt for not cropping the photo better.