Yosemite worker who died in rock climbing fall identified as high school grad who “found joy in feeling small beneath towering cliffs”

A Yosemite worker who fell to his death while rock climbing in the iconic California park has been identified as a recent high school graduate from Texas.

Grant Cline, 18, from Frisco, died in a fall while rock climbing at Royal Arches, a popular climbing spot below North Dome, according to the Mariposa Gazette. He was living in employee housing inside the park and working for Yosemite Hospitality at the time of his death.

Details on the incident have been sparse, but a GoFundMe page set up to help Cline’s family travel to California and hold memorial services says the teenager found his purpose when he started rock climbing age 14…

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