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Alaskan climbing star Balin Miller dies after falling from Yosemite’s El Capitan

Dylan Miller via AP This image is a courtesy of Dylan Miller shows Alaska climbing Paline Miller climbing the road "Crocodile" In Crocodile Rock in Hyalite Canyon near Bozman, Mont, September 29, 2024 (Dylan Miller via AP)Dylan Miller via AP

Alaska Balin Miller climbing the “crocodile nose” in the rock of the crocodile in Hialit Canyon near Bozman

An influencer died in Alaska climbing after falling from El Capitan, a famous rock formation in Yosmit National Park in California.

Palin Miller, 23, was broadcast live on Tikhak Tasaadi, and then fell from a stole on Wednesday.

In a publication on the emotional social media that confirms the death of her son, his mother Janein Gerrard Morman said: “My heart is broken in a million pieces. I don’t know how I will go this. I love him so much. I want to wake up from this terrible nightmare.”

Details of what caused the accident is unclear, but Miller Dylan’s brother told AFP that he was on a single rope – a technique that enables climbing on its own while still protected with a rope – on a road of 2400 feet (730 meters) called Sea of ​​Dreams.

Dylan said he had finished ascending and pulling the equipment when he was likely to start from the end of his rope.

Tom Evans, a photographer in Yousseit Shahd Miller Fall, Climbing magazine He called the number 911 after Miller tried to release his bag, which was stuck on a rock.

Originally from Anchorage, Miller grew up climbing with his father and brother.

It was a prominent algebraic and gained international attention to demand the first single rise from Slovakle Direct from Mount Mckinley, which took 56 hours to complete, according to Instagram published in June.

“Maybe he had one of the last six months of anyone climbing it I think about,” veteran Clint Hilland told the newspaper “Ansorg Daily News” in July.

Mark Westman, the famous Alaska climber, compared Alex Honold, who became the first person to liberate an entire path on El Capitan.

The southwestern face of Capitan granite 3000 feet, seen from El Capitan Meadow in Yosemite Valley. The slopes of very slope gray granite are met by severe green conifers at the base.

Miller’s death came on the first day of Close the federal governmentWhich left the national parks “in general” open, with limited operations and closed visitors centers.

The National Park Service said in a statement that they were investigating the incident and that “Rangers Park and emergency employees immediately responded.”

Miller spent weeks in climbing alone in Patagonia and the Canadian Rocky, and completed the famous difficult ice climb called reality, which was not repeated for 37 years, according to Climbing.

He was known for affection as “Orange Tent Man”, due to the location of the distinguished camp at the El Capitan base.

EL Capitan, a rocky face of a massive granite that is about 3000 feet (915 meters), is a major landmark in the National Park and seduces the great climbers from all over the world.

Miller’s third death in the California National Park is this year. In June, a 18 -year -old from Texas died in the garden while climbing without a rope on a different formation.

In August, a 29 -year -old managing died after being hit by a large tree branch.

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2025-10-03 12:55:00

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