Overview

• His parents confirmed his death, and the National Park Service said rangers responded immediately and opened an investigation.
• Brother Dylan Miller and photographer Tom Evans said the fall occurred after Miller finished the climb and descended to free a stuck haul bag.
• Multiple outlets reported the incident was watched live by hundreds on TikTok, though on-site videographer Eric Kufrin says he filmed the fall and provided footage to rangers.
• Authorities are reviewing witness statements and available video as they work to clarify exactly what went wrong during the self-belay solo climb.
• Miller was a rising alpinist recognized for a recent solo of Denali’s Slovak Direct and was known in Yosemite as the “orange tent guy”; his death is the park’s third fatality this summer.