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I was looking through the news on the internet when I came across this link. Prayers go out to the family and friends of this man.

http://www.courier-journal.com/article/ ... 1008/rss01

RIP

climbing or hiking?

i was reading multiple news articles, but I believe it was climbing. Supposedly it was at Indian Creek. Don't know how often they climbed (it said they made it to the gorge about 4 times a year) or what exactly happened. thought someone on here might know or heard something

The victim was a 28-year old male, Shaun Wilhoite, from Owenton, KY who was camping in the Gorge with friends. The group hiked up to Pebble Beach around 2:00 PM on Saturday, and the victim started to climb – free solo – up Beachcomber (5.4). He climbed in leather hiking boots, and his friends said he had no rock climbing experience. He topped out and moved over onto the Arrowhead pinnacle, from which he fell about 54 feet headfirst onto the rock-strewn base. He died instantly. RRGMRT responded and performed the recovery.

I asked the media present to please not report this accident as one involving a “rock climberâ€

You're the man, Weber.

He was married and had a 5 year old son. His three best friends were there with him on this annual camping trip and tried to revive him. Terrible accident, but they were not there rock climbing. They had camp set up for the weekend about a mile from the bridge. 14 people total in the group. Not sure how many of the 14 were there when the accident happened. My friend, who told me all this, was there when he fell. He reports that he had not been drinking and did not use drugs. When he started climbing up, the rest tried to stop him but he did not listen.
After he fell, amazingly, someone had bars and called 911. I think Menifee County was there within 20 minutes. 4 EMTs. My friend helped them get their gear up to the site and at that point it became a recovery. He was gone. Rick Weber and three other climbers were there within 25 minutes of the 911 call. Thanks Rick for all your efforts and managing the recovery.
I got all of this news from someone who was there. He was and still is very shaken up about this.
Thought I'd pass along what I knew to clarify.

I think the guy is a rock climber. How many hikers do 5.4 climbs in leather boots?

But, that is not the point, I feel for his family and may he rest in peace...

I actually heard about this from my mother today. She said a lady that she works with had a son that died in the Red this past weekend rock climbing. I got on here and I guess this is it. Not a good start to the year.

Found this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9V3n0vcPK8

My sincere condolences to his friends and family.

So sad.