WASHINGTON — American climber Balin Miller died Wednesday at the age of 23 while attempting to scale El Capitan, the iconic mountain in Yosemite National Park.

Miller's mother, Jeanine Moorman, confirmed his death in a blog post on the website for the family's outdoor goods business, VIRR.

"Balin was full of life — a true wild card at heart," she wrote. "He lived simply, often out of his silver Prius, scraping together a shoestring income to support his greatest passion: climbing From a young age, his father introduced him to rock climbing, a love he shared with his brother Dylan. Together they carried that passion from the mountains of Alaska, where they grew up, to cliffs and ranges across the world, living a nomadic life in pursuit of adventure."

Miller was attempting to climb the Se

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