MASSIVE Granite Dome Collapse Caught on Video

MASSIVE Granite Dome Collapse Caught on Video

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I haven't seen this posted yet. 53seconds in is where the real action starts.
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Pancas County in Espirito Santo, Brazil

On the bright side, there is a fresh unclimbed face for new routes! ;-)

Freaking Amazing, the Glories of the Natural Processes of Mother Nature-Exfoliation!

and in that moment, a new crag was ready to bolt

I think the real question is whether a cordalette, an equallette or a quad would be better in such a situation. Or maybe a rope anchor and double ropes for redundancy.

;-)

Incredible! Are there any other videos of such large exfoliation events? This is definitely the largest I've seen.

I wonder if half dome did the same thing

SteveF wrote:Incredible! Are there any other videos of such large exfoliation events? This is definitely the largest I've seen.

Not that I've seen. There is many more big rock/snow/mud/landslides captured on film but nothing I've seen that has been from a large cohesive rockface.

There are tinier events closer to home captured. (When I say tiny they still are big and potentially deadly.) But nothing compared to the Brazil footage.

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Would love to see before/after pictures of that wall. Where is it/ what's it called?

Loganator wrote:Would love to see before/after pictures of that wall. Where is it/ what's it called?

Plenty of before pictures:



After? Well it is recent and somewhat remote so give it some time....

mmmmmmmm gotta love some choss

eli poss wrote:mmmmmmmm gotta love some choss

Choss?

Do you call Yosemite choss? This is how the domes of Tuolumne are formed. This is also an occuring processing in Yosemite Valley. How long do you think it is before one of those Arches go on Royal Arches? There wouldn't be much left of the Ahwahnee Hotel?

Just a great reminder that we shouldn't take rock quality for granite.

Pnelson wrote:Just a great reminder that we shouldn't take rock quality for granite.

HAHAHA

I found a collection of videos of large rockfalls and landslides on this American Geophysical Union blog

Damn, crazy to see that, I'm sure they were thankful for being so far away. Is that moisture in the air or dust from previous rock falls?

mc813 wrote:Damn, crazy to see that, I'm sure they were thankful for being so far away. Is that moisture in the air or dust from previous rock falls?

Dust from the previous collapses. You can see the fresh face. Hence they had the camera running for the main event.