Indian Techie Couple Falls 800 Feet In US' Yosemite National Park

[Mitron]

NEW YORK: 

HIGHLIGHTS

1. Vishnu Viswanath, Meenakshi Moorthy were engineers by profession
2. Their bodies were found on the steep terrain below Taft Point
3. Investigators are looking into how the couple fell

 

 

In a tragic incident, an Indian couple died after falling 800 feet in an area with steep terrain in California's Yosemite National Park this week, according to a media report.

Vishnu Viswanath, 29, and Meenakshi Moorthy, 30, fell to their deaths from Taft Point in Yosemite National Park. They were identified on Monday as a married couple from India living in the United States, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.

The report said that the couple had recently moved from New York after Vishnu Viswanath took a job as a systems engineer at Cisco, based in San Jose. Together, they chronicled their adventures of travelling around the world in a blog called 'Holidays and HappilyEverAfters'.

Rangers recovered their bodies on the steep terrain on Thursday below Taft Point, a popular tourist spot that offers spectacular views of the Yosemite Valley, Yosemite Falls, and El Capitan. Visitors had spotted the bodies a day earlier.

Park spokesman Jamie Richards was quoted as saying in the report that "We still do not know what caused them to fall. We're trying to understand what happened. We may never know, (but) from everything we see, this was a tragic fall."

Investigators were looking into how the couple fell or what had occurred when the accident happened at the famous spot which is a favourite place for tourists from around the world to take scenic and memorable photos.

Earlier, the National Park Service had said in a statement that the recovery operation for a male and female visitor who had died in the fall from Taft Point was completed on the afternoon of October 25. The department said the two people fell approximately 800 feet below Taft Point in an area with very steep terrain.

This recovery operation involved Park Rangers using technical climbing and rappelling techniques, in addition to helicopter support from the California Highway Patrol for a short-haul operation.

The report added that the couple had been married since 2014 and both were software engineers. On the cover of Vishnu Viswanath's Facebook page is a picture of the two of them smiling on the edge of a cliff at the Grand Canyon.

In a Facebook post, College of Engineering, Chengannur said the two were its alumni and added that it deeply mourns their "accidental demise". The college said Vishnu Viswanath and Meenakshi Moorthy belonged to the BTech 2006-10 Computer Science and Engineering batch.

"Our hearts go to the friends and family members of this lovely couple. May their souls rest in peace," the college said.

Raj Katta, 24, of New York, said he got to know both of them while attending Bradley University, in Illinois. He said Vishnu Viswanath was a "thoughtful and amazing guy, very talented. They are a really happy couple. Very positive."

Mr Katta described Meenakshi Moorthy as extremely positive and enthusiastic. "She's one of those girls who wants to explore the world and discover a deeper meaning in life."

He said in the report that Vishnu and Meenakshi had decided six months ago that he would take the job at Cisco and they would live in California for a year or so.

 

 

https://www.ndtv.com/indians-abroad/indian-couple-fall-800-feet-to-their-death-in-californias-yosemite-national-park-1939655

[Mitron]

[Heroin]

Vammo

[perugu_vada]

Everest movie chudandi if u have not watched, adi climb cheyataniki entha kashtapadataro how many were died ani  enduko e adventures  

[kakatiya]

16 minutes ago, perugu_vada said:

Everest movie chudandi if u have not watched, adi climb cheyataniki entha kashtapadataro how many were died ani  enduko e adventures  

Everest is very easy climb..walk in the park for regular climbers.. even 70 years old climb Everest with no issues..but still more people die on Everest because of the wait and long lines to cross the ladders crevasses.. 

Over crowded and in case of ice storm people walking back just die waiting in lines.

 

Difficult mountain to climb is my.annapurna.. Jai balayya ne.ekkevalu

 

[kakatiya]

20 minutes ago, perugu_vada said:

Everest movie chudandi if u have not watched, adi climb cheyataniki entha kashtapadataro how many were died ani  enduko e adventures  

Everest is very easy climb..walk in the park for regular climbers.. even 70 years old climb Everest with no issues..but still more people die on Everest because of the wait and long lines to cross the ladders crevasses.. 

Over crowded and in case of ice storm people walking back just die waiting in lines.

 

Difficult mountain to climb is mt.annapurna.. Jai balayya ne.ekkevalu

 

[cosmopolitan]

We should be very careful near the edges ..Chala mandhi cliff edges lo nunchoni pics thisukunraru .. it’s not worth it.

[nken9354]

Indhakey chusa news papam pothey poyaru edo dooram nilabadi photo tiskuntey ayipoyedhi edo stunt chesinattu unaru prakruthi piskindhi gattiga ... RIP Couple.

[stag]

28 minutes ago, perugu_vada said:

Everest movie chudandi if u have not watched, adi climb cheyataniki entha kashtapadataro how many were died ani  enduko e adventures  

netflix lo undha bro adhi?

[tennisluvr]

11 minutes ago, kakatiya said:

Everest is very easy climb..walk in the park for regular climbers.. even 70 years old climb Everest with no issues..but still more people die on Everest because of the wait and long lines to cross the ladders crevasses.. 

Over crowded and in case of ice storm people walking back just die waiting in lines.

 

Difficult mountain to climb is mt.annapurna.. Jai balayya ne.ekkevalu

 

Agree, Everest is super commercial now plus if you have enough money not that difficult to ascend. 

True difficulty lies in ascending Annapurna, and even K2 which is known to kill 2/5 people who make it to the summit while coming down. 

[kakatiya]

 

[perugu_vada]

2 minutes ago, kakatiya said:

 

@stag

[rapchik]

 

[boeing747]

damn...rip

[Sachin200]

So sad , time vaste anthenemo 

RIP