Yosemite death: Pictures of British Climber killed by falling rock in National Park emerged

Yosemite death: Pictures of British Climber killed by falling rock in National Park emerged

Andrew Fisher crushed under1,000-tonne slab of granite during adventure holiday with wife, who was critically injured by rock collapse

A British climber crushed to death by falling rocks at Yosemite National Park had been been planning a dream adventure holiday with his wife.

Andrew Foster, 32, from Wales, was killed instantly when a 1,000-tonne slab of granite the size of a 13-storey building plunged from the face of the El Capitan monolith.

His wife Lucy, 28, was airlifted to hospital with critical injuries after the couple were caught in the rock fall during a three-week trip to the Californian park.

The pair had planned to leave their home in Wales after Christmas to travel around the Alps for 12 months.

Earlier this month Ms Foster posted on Facebook a picture of her smiling husband standing in front of a white van they had just bought for the trip.

She wrote: "We're movingout of our lovely house to live in a van for a year and travel around the Alpsskiing, climbing and being extreme to the max!"

Tributes had been paid to Mr. Foster on the couple's shared Instagram account, on which they documented their travels.

The last photo on the account shows an exhausted but smiling Mr Foster in climbing gear, sat on a rock. It is captioned: "Yosemite has broken Andy. Time for a rest."

"So so sorry to hear the loss of Andrew.My heart is breaking for you and your family," one person wrote underneath.

Another comment read: "This is utterly heartbreaking. My thoughts are with your friends and family. Lucy I hope you make a full and speedy recovery.

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