Jake Whisenant, the record-breaking climber who died earlier this month in California, suffered blunt force trauma after falling during a climb, according to the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office Coroner.
The 30-year-old Whisenant’s cause of death is being listed as an ‘accident.’ No further details have been revealed at this time.
The exact location of Whisenant’s fall has not been shared publicly, but Tulare County does include two top destinations for climbers: Sequoia National Park and the southern Sierra Nevada mountain range.
Tributes have been paid by the likes of Bailee Moore, Whisenant’s ‘lifelong friend.’ She wrote on social media: ‘It is with an impossibly heavy heart that I share the passing of my lifelong friend and confidant – Jacob Daniel Whisenant.
‘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.’
Her post was flooded with messages of support and condolence. ‘I spent the whole day crying,’ one said. ‘Jake was one of my favorite people in the world,’ another wrote.
‘Many of my favorite days in the mountains were with him. I so admired his strength, his grace, his thoughtfulness, and relentless optimism. Can’t believe he’s gone.’
MORE TO FOLLOW…
Jake Whisenant is pictured on social media. He died earlier this month in California
Jake Whisenant, a climber who scaled Yosemite’s El Capitan, died at the age of 30
Whisenant is seen near the Kings-Kern divide, which sits in eastern California near Nevada
