In Yosemite, a stone killed a mountaineer who saved his wife

Andrew Foster Photo: Instagram camandbearuk

32-year-old British alpinist Egdrew Foster died in Yosemite National Park in California.

Andrew Foster and his 28-year-old wife Lucy decided to celebrate their first wedding anniversary in Yosemite National Park. They were preparing to climb to the top of El Kapita, when an 200-meter piece of rock fell from them from a meter-high 40. The man saw a stone fly over his wife and covered her with him.

Details of the incident told Aunt Foster Gillian Stevens. "Lucy said," Andrew saved my life. He jumped and pushed me away as soon as he saw what would happen the next second. ”

According to her, parents Andrew, Julie and Dafe Fost went from Cheltenham to America to pick up their son's body.

“They are absolutely devastated, I can’t describe how depressed they are,” she said.

Foster studied engineering at Cardiff University and worked for a clothing company in Patagonia, where he was called the “especially beloved member” of the team. Climbing El Capitan was supposed to be the first part of the anniversary celebration of Andrew and Lucy. The couple told friends that conquering the summit in Yosemite National Park is their great dream. The last photo, laid out by Andrew and Lucy, was taken in Yosemite on the eve of the mountaineer's death.

The couple did not even have time to start climbing and stood at the foot of El Capitan, when a piece of stone the size of 40 broke into 20 meters broke off from the mountain and fell directly on them. Andrew Forest died on the spot, Lucy was taken to a hospital in critical condition.

The park reported that Foster’s death from a fallen stone is the first in four years.

Now rescuers are checking the territory of the park to make sure that there are no other victims. Note that rock fragments have already killed climbers in 2013 and 1999. In all, 1857 people have died in the park since 16.

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