US - A 23-year-old climbing influencer died while live-streaming himself scaling El Capitan, a famous vertical rock formation in Yosemite National Park.
Balin Miller fell during his Wednesday climb, his mother Jeanine Girard-Moorman told the Associated Press.
'He's been climbing since he was a young boy,' she said. 'His heart and soul was truly to just climb. He loved to climb and it was never about money and fame.'
On Facebook, his heartbroken mom wrote: 'It is with a heavy heart I have to tell you my incredible son Balin Miller died during a climbing accident today.
'My heart is chattered 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.'
Tributes have poured in for Miller, while shocked viewers who were following his adventure have expressed their shock at watching the fall on the TikTok stream.
One fan who had been watching his journey over four days revealed she was watching online when the horrifying accident took place.
'He made it to the summit but he had to retrieve his bags as they got stuck on a rock as he was hoisting them up. As he was trying to retrieve the bags he fell to his death all caught on the livestream,' Michelle Derrick posted on Facebook.
The National Park Service said in a statement that it is investigating the climbing accident and added that 'park rangers and emergency personnel responded immediately'.
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