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High schooler fell to his death at Yosemite
High schooler from Texas fell to his death at Yosemite.
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. - A young man who fell to his death while rock climbing in Yosemite National Park was a recent high school graduate who was working for Yosemite Hospitality, a concessionaire at the park.
A GoFundMe page identified him as 18-year-old Grant Cline of Frisco, Texas.
He was off duty when he went on a climb and slipped on June 6.
"Grant passed away doing what he loved most: climbing," according to Lillian Treat, who organized the online fundraiser for Jennifer Cline. "From the moment he first set foot in a rock climbing gym at 14, he found not just a sport, but a calling. He once wrote, "From that moment on I had a purpose, something that made life more than just surviving."
The San Francisco Chronicle reported that Cline is believed to have died while climbing Royal Arches, a popular but technically challenging granite formation in Yosemite Valley.
A portion of the money raised will be donated to Friends of Yosemite Search and Rescue.