An Arizona State University student slipped and fell to her death after she and her father got caught in a sudden storm while hiking in Yosemite National Park. Grace Rohloff, 20, lost her footing on July 13 while she and her father, Jonathan Rohloff, were hiking the park’s Half Dome cables, her father told SFGate . “Grace was such a beautiful soul,” Rohloff told the outlet.
“She deserves to have her story told.” The Arizona-based father-daughter duo were experienced climbers, and were thrilled when they learned on July 11 that they had obtained a permit to hike Half Dome. Grace was especially excited, telling her dad that climbing the famous slope was on her bucket list.
The next day, the Rohloffs drove from Phoenix to Yosemite before making the 400-foot trek up the cables on their assigned date. When they set out, a ranger had warned of a chance of storms later in the day. But when they reached the starting point of the cables, they were met with clear skies, the outlet reported.
The Rohloffs ascended to the top of Half Dome, allowing Grace to check the adventure off her bucket list. But the clap of thunder interrupted the impressive feat. “A black cloud was rolling in like gangbusters,” Rohloff told SFGate.
“I was like, ‘We have got to get down now, because we don’t want to be up here with any rain. It rolled in literally out of nowhere.’” The hikers ahead of them on their descent down the cables were moving slowly, he said.
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