Overview

• Miller’s mother, Jeanine Girard-Moorman, confirmed his death after the Oct. 1 accident on El Capitan.
• Photographer Tom Evans, who witnessed the fall, said Miller descended his lead line to a jammed haul bag and likely went off the rope’s end; his brother Dylan gave a similar account.
• Several viewers reported seeing the incident on a TikTok livestream, where Miller had drawn attention as the “orange tent guy.”
• The National Park Service said rangers and emergency personnel responded immediately and that the cause remains under investigation as formal reports are pending.
• Miller recently logged high-profile solos, including Slovak Direct on Denali and Reality Bath in the Canadian Rockies, and his death is the third reported fatality in Yosemite this year.