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Popular climber, Balin Miller, fell to his death while summiting Yosemite National Park’s El Capitan on Wednesday, Oct. 1

Miller, 23, had been live-streaming his climb on social media, where he was given the nickname “orange tent guy"

"He wasn’t ready to die. But he did die doing what he loved, for sure," Miller's mom, Jeanine Girard-Moorman said, per Alaska News Source

An Alaskan climber fell to his death while summiting Yosemite National Park’s famous El Capitan on Wednesday, Oct. 1.

Jeanine Girard-Moorman confirmed the death of her 23-year-old son, Balin Miller, in a Facebook post alongside a short video showing photos of him taken throughout the years. He had been live-streaming his climb of El Capitan in the days before his death.

“It is with a heavy heart I have

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