Climbing star Balin Miller dies in fall from El Capitan at Yosemite, report says

A professional climber and rising star among enthusiasts fell to his death Wednesday at Yosemite National Park, according to a recent report.

Balin Miller, 23, was attempting to scale El Capitan, a sheer granite rock face of approximately 3,000 feet, when things went tragically wrong, family members told the Associated Press. At the time of his death, the Alaska native had been gaining fame on TikTok and Instagram.

“He’s been climbing since he was a young boy,” his mother told the media outlet. “His heart and soul was truly to just climb. He loved to climb, and it was never about money and fame.”

Miller’s brother and father also are climbers.

The park service said in a statement that they are investigating the incident, and “park rangers and emergency personnel responded immediately.”