Balin Miller, 23, died in a climbing accident Wednesday, his mother Jeanine Girard-Moorman confirmed.
The death comes on the first day of the federal government shutdown, which left national parks "generally" open, with limited operations and closed visitors centers, according to the National Park Service. The park service said in a statement that they are investigating the incident and "park rangers and emergency personnel responded immediately."
Many posted tributes to Miller on social media, saying they had watched him climb on a TikTok livestream for two days before his death and referring to him as "orange tent guy" because of his distinctive camp setup.
While it's still unclear exactly what happened, his older brother, Dylan Miller, said Balin was lead rope soloing — a way to climb alone while still protected by a rope — on a 2,400-foot (730-meter) route named Sea of Dreams. He had already finished the climb and was hauling up his last bit of gear when he likely rappelled off the end of his rope, Dylan said.
He grew up climbing in Alaska with his brother and their father, who was also a climber. While Dylan took a little more time to fall in love with the sport, it stuck with his younger sibling instantly.
This year, Balin Miller had also spent weeks solo climbing in Patagonia and the Canadian Rockies, ticking off a notoriously difficult ice climb called Reality Bath, which had been unrepeated for 37 years, according to Climbing magazine.
But this most recent trip to Yosemite wasn't supposed to be hard climbing. Miller had just arrived two weeks early to climb and enjoy the park's beauty and solitude before the rest of his family, who planned to meet up there.
He often climbed with a stripe of glitter freckles across his cheekbones, describing it in a Climbing magazine interview like "a warrior putting makeup on before going into battle."
"He has inspired so many people to do things that are perhaps unthinkable, including myself. I can't imagine climbing ever again without him," his brother said.
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