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Alaskan climbing star Balin Miller dies after falling from Yosemite's El Capitan (www.bbc.com)

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An Alaskan climbing influencer has died after falling from El Capitan, a famous vertical rock formation in California's Yosemite National Park.

Balin Miller, 23, was live-streamed on TikTok ascending and subsequently falling from the monolith on Wednesday.

In an emotional social media post confirming her son's death, his mother Jeanine Girard-Moorman said: "My heart is shattered in a million pieces. I don't know how I will get through this. I love him so much. I want to wake up from this horrible nightmare."

Details of what caused the incident are not clear, but Miller's brother Dylan told AFP he was lead rope soloing - a technique that enables climbing alone while still protected by a rope - on a 2,400ft (730m) route named Sea of Dreams.

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[–] horse@feddit.org 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Have you ever got in a car to go somewhere to do something fun? You can die doing that too, but millions (billions?) of people drive every day.

Eating an apple is healthy too unless you choke on it. Accidents can happen doing healthy things.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Cars are a mode of transportation, its a tool that gets us somewhere. Apples are nourishment, we literally need to eat to live.

Nobody needs to climb mountains to live.

[–] horse@feddit.org 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's why I specified the destination. Nobody needs to drive a car to get somewhere for leisure, yet people don't think twice about it, because it's an accepted risk.

People don't have to climb things, but it's not an unreasonable risk to take. It's a generally safe thing to do, where accidents occasionally happen. Just like lots of other things people do all the time. You can't go through life never taking any risk or you'd never get out of bed.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

People don't have to climb things, but it's not an unreasonable risk to take.

What?? It's a hobby, not a utilitarian mode of transport.

They make documentaries about free soloing because it's exciting and dangerous.

It seems like everyone but you understands this

[–] horse@feddit.org 1 points 1 month ago

He wasn't free soloing. He was using a rope. That is not unreasonable.