Has the NPS actually "fixed the problem"? "Preparing to rappel off the cliff face, was surprised by the smell of sewage wafting from leaking pipes at the old bathrooms atop Glacier Point. He theorized that the effluent helped trigger the 1996 rockfall." "Federal officials say they fixed the problem."........... By Eric Bailey, Times Staff Writerby katrina island - General Discussion
The Times article presents the family's rationale for the lawsuit: ...."His family launched a legal fight after learning of a geologist's theory that a leaking bathroom water system atop Glacier Point artificially lubricated the cliff face, unleashing a flurry of rock slides in the months before the tragedy. They argued that the park negligently created the rockfall danger, then failed toby katrina island - General Discussion
Suit by Climber's Family Dismissed A federal judge rules that Yosemite park officials weren't obligated to post warnings at the site of a deadly rockfall. By Eric Bailey Times Staff Writer December 12, 2005 A federal judge threw out a $10-million wrongful-death lawsuit brought by the family of a young rock climber killed in a 1999 slide in Yosemite Valley, short-circuiting a legal battle that sby katrina island - General Discussion
Dismissal sought in Yosemite suit Associated Press FRESNO - The National Park Service is seeking dismissal of a lawsuit that alleges Yosemite National Park was negligent in the death of an experienced climber who was killed by a rockfall. The parents of Peter Terbush, 22, filed a federal wrongful death lawsuit in 2001 seeking $10 million in damages. Terbush, a student at Western State College,by katrina island - General Discussion