The witness who recorded the video of the tragic fall of mountaineer Balin Miller told another version of the accident: «I was shock»

The young mountaineer Balin Miller died Wednesday while climbing in the Yosemite National Park In California, United States. Had 23 yearsand despite his young age, he had already achieved feats like scaler. At the time of his tragic death there was 500 involuntary viewers in a live broadcast of Tiktok, who saw him fall into the void, in addition to the people who were on the site.

Miller performed a solo ascension with rope, the technique known as lead rope soloingand I was about to conclude the route Sea of Dreamsone of the most technical of the southeast face of The Captain.

Balin Miller minutes before his tragic fall.

One of the customs of the visitors is to sit at the foot of the 700 -meter cliff and observe how the climbers are ascending. Some even have binocular, or cameras with which they transmit in streaming.

In the last hours, a Tiktok user who says he was the one who broadcast Balin’s fatal fall live, spoke in a video. It’s about Eric Kufrin, a camping fan and nature that He has 11,000 followers in his account, and for years he has been recording content in natural parks, particularly in the Yosemite.

Creator of the Mountainscalling.me site, he was disconsolate and shock after having seen the tragedy in the first person. «I have seen many incorrect information on social networks, and I wanted to clarify several things in memory of the Balin Escalator,» he said.

«I went to Yosemite on Wednesday as a volunteer cleaning, and then I sat down to observe the climbers with a long -range telescope, because I love to see how they achieve incredible things,» he explained.

«My goal was to simply share what was happening,» he said. He said he saw Miller reached the top of the route, and then the fall came. «He anchored and then descended to release a stuck transport bag, so I saw him descend in rappel through the end of his rope, and then I saw him fall all the stretch to the ground,» he lamented.

Balin Miller climbed since he was a child. (Photos: Instagram @Balin.miller)

«I couldn’t believe it, I was shock,» he said dismayed. Then those who were close to him called 911 and the rangers arrived. «Even a helicopter came to rescue him, but there was nothing to do,» he said.

«I want to clarify that Balin was not transmitting content himselfhe did not participate in the filming process of my material or live broadcast, because he did not dedicate himself to being an influencer, he only cared to climb, «he stressed.

Kufrin confirmed that hundreds of people observed the moment of the fall. «Many of the visitors were cyclists who entered to tour the streams, and they were also involuntary witnesses,» he said.

Balin Miller was a promise of American mountaineering. (Photos: Instagram @Balin.miller)

He immediately interrupted his living Tiktok, horrified by what he had seen, and handed the other videos to the Yosemite rangers.

«I will continue to show them my love for nature, national parks and Yosemite, but I don’t know if I can ever broadcast live again,» he said. Meanwhile, the authorities claim that the incident continues under investigation.

Who was Balin Miller, the 23 -year -old mountaineer who died in the captain

Raised in Anchorage, Alaska, Miller had become one of the revelation figures of mountaineering, harvesting praise for a historical solo escalation in the Slovak Direct of the Denali, and a series of other difficult escalations in Patagonia and the Canadian rock mountains.

He was often recognized in Yosemite for his brilliant orange portal, the camping team that characterized him, and used to put a violet glitter on his cheeks. «They are the brand of a warrior,» he joked in his videos.

Balin Miller used to share postcards of his climbs. (Photo: Instagram @Balin.miller)

Miller discovered the mountaineering of his father’s hand, and his affection for winter and snowy peaks was innate. He always said that growing in Alaska took him almost without realizing to practice mountaineering, ice climbing and mountain skiing.

In June, he obtained worldwide recognition after ascending the Slovak Direct of Monte McKinley, a route of more than 2,700 meters considered one of the toughest in the American continent, and managed to climb it after 56 hours of physical effort.

The last post on Instagram by Balin Miller.

He also climbed in Patagonia and the Canadian rock mountains, where after seven days he reached the top of an ice cream called reality bath, a feat that had not been achieved in 37 years, according to the magazine Climbing Magazine.

The Bultder, the sport climbing in Roca, the escalation of large walls, the big alpine challenges. «It is necessary to be committed to uncertainty, whether when you open a new route or when they sail them at night because you never know exactly what you can find and you cannot always escape,» the young man had said just a year ago.