Published: 13:58 GMT, 19 August 2014 | Updated: 17:31 GMT, 19 August 2014
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A yoga instructor fell to his death while he climbed alone in Yosemite National Park on Saturday - just after his girlfriend had accepted his proposal.
Hours before tragedy struck, Brad Parker, a 36-year-old veteran rock climber and fitness fanatic, had climbed to the summit of Cathedral Peak to propose to his girlfriend Jainee Dial.
'This is the happiest day of my life,' he told Dial, his father Bill told the Santa Rosa Press Democrat.
Shortly after, the pair separated and Parker ran three miles to climb along Matthes Crest alone and without ropes. Climbers saw him fall from the granite crest, which reaches 500ft tall, around 5.45pm.
Park rangers hiked to the area and found his body, but were forced to stay with it overnight because it was too late to get a helicopter, authorities told the Press Democrat.
His body was carried out on Sunday morning.
The experienced climber, surfer and mountain biker from Sebastopol was remembered as a go-getter, who traveled the world for two years after graduating from Cal Poly.
Friends and family said they are shocked by the sudden death of the beloved man.
He was 'an amazing human being,' said friend Sarah McKay, who owns a climbing center in Santa Rosa. 'Eternally positive... His whole life was about getting out and enjoying the world.'
His parents, Bill and Gayle Parker, flew to California from their home in Kauai on Sunday to begin making arrangements to have their son's body cremated.
Afterwards, they will spread some of his ashes at Yosemite, while they will take others to the Pacific Ocean along the Sonoma Coast and the ocean around Kauai, where the parents recently moved.
They are not viewing their son's body, as suggested by others who have witnessed climbing deaths.
'We're all so stunned,' Mr Parker said. 'What happened is so unbelievable.'
He added that he believes his son could have been tired after climbing Cathedral Peak and then running to the Crest.
The family, including Brad Parker's brother, Mat, are hiking to the Cathedral Peak area with two friends in a bid to get some closure.
On Monday evening, Dial shared an image of her grinning beside Parker to Facebook, and loved ones passed on their condolences, calling him 'the greatest guy'.
Parker's death was the second climbing fatality in Yosemite this year. Authorities said there are usually one or two deaths there a year.
Matthes Crest, where Parker died, is a knife-ridge is not thought to be a technically difficult route; Backpacker.com says that some features 'make for ladder-like, easily protected climbing'.
Well, such a hot body, wish to see his autopsy, anyone have his morgue photo?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-just-hours-girlfriend-accepted-proposal.html
- Brad Parker proposed to his girlfriend Jainee Dial after they climbed to Cathedral Peak in the park on Saturday - and she accepted
- 'This is the happiest day of my life,' he told his new fiancee
- The couple then went different ways and he ran three miles to climb another peak in the park without ropes - and climbers saw him fall
- His body was recovered by park rangers and flown out the next day
A yoga instructor fell to his death while he climbed alone in Yosemite National Park on Saturday - just after his girlfriend had accepted his proposal.
Hours before tragedy struck, Brad Parker, a 36-year-old veteran rock climber and fitness fanatic, had climbed to the summit of Cathedral Peak to propose to his girlfriend Jainee Dial.
'This is the happiest day of my life,' he told Dial, his father Bill told the Santa Rosa Press Democrat.
Shortly after, the pair separated and Parker ran three miles to climb along Matthes Crest alone and without ropes. Climbers saw him fall from the granite crest, which reaches 500ft tall, around 5.45pm.
Park rangers hiked to the area and found his body, but were forced to stay with it overnight because it was too late to get a helicopter, authorities told the Press Democrat.
His body was carried out on Sunday morning.
The experienced climber, surfer and mountain biker from Sebastopol was remembered as a go-getter, who traveled the world for two years after graduating from Cal Poly.
Friends and family said they are shocked by the sudden death of the beloved man.
He was 'an amazing human being,' said friend Sarah McKay, who owns a climbing center in Santa Rosa. 'Eternally positive... His whole life was about getting out and enjoying the world.'
His parents, Bill and Gayle Parker, flew to California from their home in Kauai on Sunday to begin making arrangements to have their son's body cremated.
Afterwards, they will spread some of his ashes at Yosemite, while they will take others to the Pacific Ocean along the Sonoma Coast and the ocean around Kauai, where the parents recently moved.
They are not viewing their son's body, as suggested by others who have witnessed climbing deaths.
'We're all so stunned,' Mr Parker said. 'What happened is so unbelievable.'
He added that he believes his son could have been tired after climbing Cathedral Peak and then running to the Crest.
The family, including Brad Parker's brother, Mat, are hiking to the Cathedral Peak area with two friends in a bid to get some closure.
On Monday evening, Dial shared an image of her grinning beside Parker to Facebook, and loved ones passed on their condolences, calling him 'the greatest guy'.
Parker's death was the second climbing fatality in Yosemite this year. Authorities said there are usually one or two deaths there a year.
Matthes Crest, where Parker died, is a knife-ridge is not thought to be a technically difficult route; Backpacker.com says that some features 'make for ladder-like, easily protected climbing'.
Well, such a hot body, wish to see his autopsy, anyone have his morgue photo?
