Rock climber dies in falI at Joshua Tree National Park

A rock climber died in a fall at Joshua Tree Nationwide Park final weekend, the second such loss of life on the desert park this yr.

The climber was recognized as an skilled climber, Tina Fiori, by fellow climber Matt Himmelstein, 55, of Orange, The Desert Solar reported Monday.

The sufferer fell 80 ft Saturday close to Sheep Move Campground.

Park Superintendent David Smith earlier advised The Desert Solar the sufferer was 50 years outdated however didn’t launch the identify.

Himmelstein stated he and one other individual have been climbing with Fiori, who bought to the highest and stated she had secured herself.

Fiori had looped her security rope by means of nylon webbing that had been left hooked up to a everlasting anchor by somebody who had beforehand made the climb, Himmelstein stated.

She fell when the webbing failed, in keeping with Himmelstein.

“The desert is just not is just not variety to nylon, so I can’t inform you how outdated it was,” he stated, “nevertheless it doesn’t take an entire lot. It doesn’t take an entire lot of time sitting within the solar baking and likewise getting rained on being frozen and all that stuff.”

On Jan. 16, a 35-year-old climber fell to his loss of life in a climbing space referred to as Sentinel Wall.