“There's no words that could possibly encapsulate the kind of person he was.”

NBC News · Aug 9 · Jake Whisenant, record-setting Yosemite speed climber, dies at 30

“Our family is absolutely devastated by this news but find solace in the fact that Jake died doing what he loves in the beautiful Sierra Nevada.”

Fox News · Aug 9 · Jake Whisenant, record-setting Yosemite speed climber, dies at 30

“I will look for you in every life, my brother. Now go rest high up on that mountain.”

Fox News · Aug 9 · Jake Whisenant, record-setting Yosemite speed climber, dies at 30