U.S. National Parks See The First Visitor Death Since The Government Shutdown Began

An American influencer fell to his death while livestreaming his climb on Yosemite National Park's famed El Capitan rock, largely considered one of the most extreme treks in the USA . The incident happened on the first day of the U.S. government shutdown on Wednesday. Some national parks are closed during this time (although each park's situation is changing every few hours as live updates continue ), while many, such as Yosemite in California , have remained "generally open" with limited staff and operations.

The National Park Service (NPS) said in an unofficial statement that it's investigating the incident and that "park rangers and emergency personnel responded immediately" despite limited staff amid the government closure. The latest known details of what happened have since em