20-year-old woman dies after falling off Yosemite's Half Dome during storm

MARIPOSA COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- A grieving begetter is opening up astir the devastating infinitesimal his girl fell from Half Dome successful Yosemite National Park and did not survive.

"Knowing that she had large religion and that she was with her, Lord was the lone happening that kept maine going. And knowing that I request to bash things to marque definite my beingness is successful bid truthful that I person a accidental to spot her again," said Jonathan Rohloff.

He shares however helium managed to get done the heartbreaking infinitesimal his 20-year-old daughter, Grace Rohloff, slipped and fell disconnected Yosemite's Half Dome Mountain connected July 13th.

"Some of the past things she said is 'Dad this was 1 of my bucket database items', she was smiling from receptor to ear, conscionable truthful excited, she was truthful happy," said Rohloff.

Grace was a pupil astatine Arizona State with hopes of becoming a teacher.

By the property of 13, Grace had hiked the Grand Canyon.

She was not lone an experienced hiker but was besides athletic.

He explains they made it to the apical of the upland and enjoyed the presumption for astir 20 minutes earlier acheronian clouds and rainfall rolled in.

It was connected the mode down erstwhile the unimaginable happened.

"Unfortunately, she mislaid power successful betwixt 2 of the wood slats. And slid connected the granite, it happened each quickly. I tried to scope down for her and scope retired for her, and she went disconnected the side, and it conscionable happened successful a heartbeat," said Rohloff.

Now, arsenic Rohloff prepares to laic his girl to rest, he's urging the National Park Service for change.

"They person a woody slat that's astir each 10 feet isolated from each other. In betwixt the 10 feet, the granite has been walked connected truthful much, it's worn down astir similar a granite countertop. And erstwhile h2o gets connected there, it conscionable becomes precise slick. There's nary crushed that they couldn't beryllium a woody plank each foot," said Rohloff.

Although helium said it won't bring his girl back, helium wants to marque definite aboriginal hikers are safe.

Rohloff says Grace was passionate astir helping others.

He encourages radical to donate to Grace's favourite charity successful her honor.

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