Yosemite fall: Victims identified as married bloggers from India

[Eugene]

Source: BBC

Yosemite fall: Victims identified as married bloggers from India

30 October 2018

A man and woman who died after falling from an iconic cliff in Yosemite National Park have been identified as a married couple from India.

Vishnu Viswanath, 29, and Meenakshi Moorthy, 30, were living in the US and had maintained a travel blog of photos from their trips around the country.

In a recent Instagram post, the couple pondered the "daredevilry" of taking photos from dangerous locations.

Park rangers are investigating but say the cause of death may never be known.

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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46035739

[magicarpet]

1. Invest in a drone to take those incredible photo shoots.

Don't risk your well-being.

[Dave in VA]

2. FYI...

Drones are banned inside a National Park.

[magicarpet]

3. Oh.

[2naSalit]

4. Well

the cause of death is evident, look at their "Look what we got away with in a National Park" web site and you have your answer. I have no sympathy for people who do stupid shit and ignore the signs and visitor protocols and then end up dead. As a former NP Ranger and what I saw in the recent past... no sympathy here.

[Liberal In Texas]

5. Young people sometimes think they're immortal.

In my old age I think otherwise.

[Blue_Tires]

6. Nobody ever learns:

https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Yosemite-rock-climber-falls-dies-after-proposing-5698657.php

http://time.com/3882194/dean-potter-graham-climbing-base-jump-yosemite-tribute/

http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/07/22/yosemite-waterfall-deaths-put-national-parks-safety-under-scrutiny/

http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/08/24/california.yosemite.fatal.falls/index.html

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10022938936