Many comments are brutal...comedic, but brutal.
I've been to Yosemite. It can be a dangerous place to visit. We visited a couple of years ago when the waterfalls were gushing, thanks to record snowfall the previous winter. Several people died that summer, when they'd leave the trail to try and get a better picture. They underestimated the force of the current, and the slippery rocks, with tragic results.
...and he ain’t gonna climb no more!
My son proposed to his girlfriend (now wife) after they climbed El Capitan. He is a serious climber and engineer using proper ropes and equipment. He has since climbed it solo, and is teaching his kids to boulder.
What was his ethnicity?
One of the news services thought it was so funny when some Polish tourists fell off a cliff taking a selfie.
Whew! He really avoided a tragedy there!
I’m not an avid hiker or outdoorsman.
But, just wondering, don’t they have marked trails which hikers are supposed to stay on, so they stay out of trouble like this?
Or are there many who intentionally go into dangerous areas????
Shortest. Engagement. Ever.
At least he died before leaving behind fatherless children. I pity his poor fiancé. I never understood the attraction of rock climbing...at all.
Took the plunge...
Such a sad, sad story!
Yosemite is indeed a dangerous place. I remember those people last year who tried to cross a raging creek for a photo op and ended up going over the falls to their deaths - I think there were 3 of them who died, even though there were signs warning NOT to cross the creek.
Unfortunately, when these types of things happen, the area will be closed off (if it isn’t already) and deemed too dangerous.
Sort of like when people won’t pick up after the dogs, the city/county/park service just closes the area to dogs. I hike with my two dogs and notice more and more hiking areas are becoming off-limits to dogs.
I have no sympathy for people who get killed doing things that are exciting and interesting only because they involve flirting with death.