Balin Miller, a popular climber from Alaska, was killed on Wednesday, while he dropped his dreams near the top of the sea, a difficult route on the southeast part of El -Kapitan. His mother, Dzhanin Girard-Morman, confirmed the news to posts on social networks.
“This is with a heavy heart, I have to tell you that my incredible son Balin Miller died during a rock clushing accident,” she, ”she”. wroteThe field “My heart is broken for a million pieces.”
Detailed information about the accident remains unofficial, but the photographer Yosemiti Tom Evans, who the chronicle progressed by Miller, said that the 23-year-old football player tried to free the bag with the car, stuck under his anchor. According to Evans, Miller lowered his rope, not realizing that it would not reach the place of bag. He starred from the end of the line and fell.
The National Parks Service did not publish an official report, although the rangers quickly answered, despite Disconnection of the federal government It began on the same day. On average, on average every year in El Capital is often gaining from one to two dead on climbing.
Accidents with disks are one of the most common causes of death in sports. The American Alpine Club recorded eight who died in 2023, and in 2019 a professional climber Brad Gobrait died in Mexico After reset from the end of his rope.
Although only at the age of 20, Miller has already established himself as one of the most promising climbers of America. This season, known in Josemite as an “orange guy”, he received recognition for his characteristic camp at the base of the el -capital and for direct broadcasts documenting his rises.
His achievements included the ascent of some of the most formidable peaks in the world, including Serro Torre in Patagonia, the Western support of Denali and the Mount Hunter in Alaska.
This spring, he spent 53 days in a row in the line of Alaska, solo of French connection with Hunter Mountain before returning a few weeks later to realize Denali. In June, he became the first person to Slovak Direct on the southern face of the mountain: a technical route of 2700 m with less than 20 recorded ashes. Miller completed the ascent in 56 hours, which in 2000 came across faster than the estimated effort of the brand of the tub, Steve House and Scott in 2000. The magazine “Uprising” called him one of the most impressive ascents over the decades, while the peers of Alaska greeted him as “the new king of Alaska
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Miller began climbing when he was three years old, celebrating with his father David, on the Seward highway near Anchoridge. By 12, he threw himself into the climbing on the ice, later expanding into the ranges of Alaska, Canada and Patagonia. Friends called him as very ambitious and cordial, to quickly share tips with other climbers and laugh equally quickly.
His initiation was compared with pragmatism. To finance expeditions, Miller worked seasonally as a fisherman -krabov in the Noma and in the southeast mine of Alaska. “He probably had one of the most impressive last six months of climbing anyone that I can think about,” – veteran climber Clint Hellander told The Anchorage Daily News In July. Another Alaskan legend of climbing, Mark Westman, compared it to Alex Honnold Free solo well -known.
How the news of the death of Miller spread, the tribute from fans and colleagues who followed his career pushed out on social networks. Some described the hearing, shocked exclamations, observing its direct broadcast during autumn. Others remembered his humility, despite his growing glory.
