[bookofjoe]

>Climbing star, 23, dies after falling from Yosemite's El Capitan [this past Wednesday]

>Balin Miller, 23, was live-streamed on TikTok ascending and subsequently falling from the monolith on Wednesday.

>Details of what caused the incident are not clear, but Miller's brother Dylan told AFP he was lead rope soloing - a technique that enables climbing alone while still protected by a rope - on a 2,400ft (730m) route named Sea of Dreams.

>He had finished the climb and was hauling up equipment when he likely rappelled off the end of his rope, Dylan said.

>Tom Evans, a Yosemite-based photographer who witnessed Miller fall, told Climbing magazine he called 911 after Miller tried to free his bag, which was stuck on a rock.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz08jp4xv2jo

https://archive.ph/vjETS

[xorvoid]

Not sure what your point is here. He died rappelling when his bag got stuck. He didn't die free soloing. And it's unrelated to Yosemite. It was an avoidable accident and very sad. Climbers tend to die from Rappelling more than anything else. And, it's completely incomparable to Honnold's recent climb.

[bookofjoe]

It was a response to this comment:

>I'm wondering if this is because El Capitan is a much more technically difficult climb and thus posing much more risk than Taipei 101.