Yosemite death: Pictures of British Climber killed by falling rock in National Park emerged
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.
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.https://www.semperdiamondlodge.com
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