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I guess the difference was one was a natural event, the other was a bunch of idiot tourons tossing huge rock from the summit of Half-dome. I felt like I had front row seats to the end of the world on the upper wall that day at Index. On half dome I felt like I was going to die a pointless death due to a bunch of idiots. The rock fall on Half-dome lasted forever. Huge rock after rock exploded on the wall above us and rained down pieces. To this day I have never been as scared as I was that day.

I took the day off work and Frankie and i decided on Davis /Holland for a fun spring day route. Both of us were on the big ledge top of pitch 3, when the earthquake struck. The entire wall was shaking so violently that it would have been difficult to stand on the ledge unattached. Frankie was visible upset, and wanted to rap off during the quake. He did not scream like a girl. He showed the proper amount of fear staring at almost certain death from rock fall. There were large rocks falling from the wall on both sides of us. Nothing hit the ledge we were on. This didn't scare me as baddly as the Half-dome rock fall with Scott P.