Incident:Rock Fall in canyon in Yankee Doodle Hollow 2024/04/20

Incident:Rock Fall in canyon in Yankee Doodle Hollow 2024/04/20
Date	2024/04/20
Location	Yankee Doodle Hollow
Severity	No loss
Canyoneering-related	Yes
SAR involvement	No
Navigation problem	No
Environmental problem	Yes
Communication problem	No
Planning problem	No
Skills problem	No
Body movement problem	No
Rigging problem	No
Rappel problem	No
Insufficient gear	No
Gear failure	No

Summary

Rock fall resulting in minor tissue injury

Accounts

2/3 way through the canyon something above triggered rock fall on top of the party. Sounded like a rope bag being thrown at first up canyon and then multiple rocks came down directly top of the group of five. Fist sized rock hit one member in the shoulder who was not wearing a helmet. Only amounted to a skin tissue injury, but could have been worse if it hit someone in the head. No issues other than this minor injury.

Credits

Incident:Rock Fall in canyon in Yankee Doodle Hollow 2024/04/20

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