Overview

• The fall occurred near the top of the Sea of Dreams route, with photographer Tom Evans and a TikTok livestream documenting the moments leading up to the accident.
• Miller’s mother, Jeanine Girard-Moorman, confirmed his death on social media, and the National Park Service has not yet issued an official report.
• Livestreamer Eric Kufrin reported about 500 viewers saw the incident in real time, and witnesses said Yosemite rangers arrived shortly after.
• The accident coincided with the first day of a federal shutdown that limited park operations, though essential ranger responses continued.
• Miller recently completed the first solo of Denali’s Slovak Direct and gained a Yosemite following as the “Orange Tent Guy,” as reports note rappelling-off-the-end accidents are a recurring cause of fatalities and El Capitan sees most of the park’s climbing deaths.