Alaskan Alpinist Balin Miller died after falling from El Capitan rock formation Wednesday in Yosemite National Park in California. File Photo by Tatyana Zenkovich/EPA
Oct. 3 (UPI) -- Alaskan climber Balin Miller died after falling from El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, his mother confirmed. He was 23.
The National Park Service is investigating the incident, which occurred Wednesday in California. Miller's death marks the third one this year at Yosemite.
"It is with a heavy heart that I have to tell you my incredible son Balin Miller died during a climbing accident," Jeanin Girard-Moorman wrote Wednesday on Facebook.
"My heart is shattered in a million pieces. I don't know how I will get through this."
