This is tragic. I wasn't familiar with the youtube channel, which has over 500,000 subscribers. UPDATE: The Washington Post has an article. They may have been used to taking risky chances.
Ryker Gamble, Alexy Lyakh, and Megan Scraper — YouTube travel personalities followed by more than 2.5 million people across social media accounts — were walking along the series of steep waterfalls. Scraper slipped and fell into one of the area’s pools.
According to various reports, Gamble and Lyakh tried to help Scraper but also fell. All three died as a result of the accident.
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Gamble’s cousin, Rob Manglesdorf, said the group was going for a hike and did not intend for any foolishness, reported the Vancouver Sun.
Local search-and-rescue officials said that slippery granite and moss can create unexpected hazards where the accident occurred. Accessed by the Sea to Sky Gondola since 2014, the pool systems in the area can be risky.
“Unless you have the knowledge of that area, the expertise, and the right equipment, you should not be up there,” Cpl. Sascha Banks of the Squamish RCMP told the Edmonton Sun.
The Hobbit Hikers of the Hudson Valley are in mourning ladies and gentlemen.
Posted by: Sweat | Saturday, July 14, 2018 at 03:14 PM