“Is our life just worth one photo?” Travel Blogging Couple Falls to Death at Yosemite

“Is our life just worth one photo?” Travel Blogging Couple Falls to Death at Yosemite

In a tragic story, a couple who had a travel blog called Holidays and Happily Ever Afters was killed when they fell off Taft Point in Yosemite National Park last Wednesday.  News outlets reported on the fall last week, but new information identified the couple as the travel blogging couple.  The couple fell 800 feet from Taft Point in “an area with very steep terrain,” according to a release from Yosemite officials.  At this spot, hikers are able to look off a vertigo-inducing cliff with no railing between them and the drop.

Officials at Yosemite identified Vishnu Viswanath, a 29-year-old man, and Meenakshi Moorthy, a 30-year-old woman, as the two people that fell and died.  Their bodies were recovered on Thursday, and Yosemite officials say an investigation is ongoing.

Mr. Viswanath’s brother claimed the couple fell while trying to take a selfie.  Other travelers noticed a camera at Taft Point the following day and alerted park rangers, who were able to find the bodies through the use of high-powered binoculars.

The couple’s Instagram page is a hodgepodge of travel photos.  In particular, one stands out from the Grand Canyon posted on March 28, 2018.  In that post, the couple says, “A lot of us including yours truly is a fan of daredevilry attempts of standing at the edge of cliffs ⛰and skyscrapers🌆, but did you know that wind gusts can be FATAL??? ☠️ Is our life just worth one photo? ”  Ms. Moorthy is sitting in on the edge of the Grand Canyon in the photo with her legs nearly hanging over the edge.  Another picture from November 16, 2017 showed Ms. Moorthy at the edge of the Grand Canyon.

 

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CHASING SUNSETS or CHASING LIKES ??? 😛 … Sooo today on #socialmediabadasstribe we are talking about limits of #doitforthegram.😶Yeah sure it can be limitless but guys, we reaaaallly need to have boundaries(this is handy as life lessons too but we will revisit that later😉) A lot of us including yours truly is a fan of daredevilry attempts of standing at the edge of cliffs ⛰and skyscrapers🌆, but did you know that wind gusts can be FATAL??? ☠️ Is our life just worth one photo? … When we squirm at another selfie attempt gone south 😱 from a skyscraper, let’s remember to save that in our core memory 🧠 and not the memory dump 🛢(I am still on the Inside Out 🎬 train y’all 😬) Same applies when we get our knickers in a twist and hog a spot till we get the perfect shot🙄 I know I know, I am guilty as charged for all of this 🤦‍♀️ and if I didn’t have Mr. Two Goody Shoes, Vishnu 🤭 with me, I am not even sure if I would have written this post. … Let us all try to be responsible digital citizens and use our “numbers” to be transparent and honest, shall we?🤗 None of us is perfect and the more we accept it and share our flaws as much as our wins, we are one step closer to creating a sane social media without the scary brouhahas.💕✨ … Still there?👀 Woohoo, a backflip is in order, or wait maybe a pizza? 🍕 What about a unicorn ice-cream 🦄 🍦 with some Disney-approved cotton candy 🍭🍬 and pixie dust infused sprinkles 🧚‍♀️ if…..IF you could tell me the one time you were effin’ proud of being candid and real AF in social media? 😎 … PS – Not sponsored but sweatshirt is from @radearthsupply • • • #grandcanyonnps #northrim #instagramaz #visitarizona #travelarizona #shotzdelight #discovertheroad #usaroadtrip #visittheusa #outdoorsusa #exploretheusa #womenwhoexplore #iamtb #radparks #thediscoverer #gtgi #sheisnotlost #wearetravelgirls #hikemore #radgirlslife #travelreality #dreamscape @womenwhoexplore @visit_arizona @visittheusa @shotzdelight

A post shared by TravelCreatives❤️Minaxi+Vishnu (@holidaysandhappilyeverafters) on Mar 28, 2018 at 8:45am PDT

The travel blog, Holidays and Happily Ever Afters, is no longer accessible.  The couple has both an Instagram and Facebook page for the blog where many of their pictures from their travels are posted.