This is very sad especially since she sounds like such a lovely person, but I can’t lie to you people. Even in my older, mellower state, someone named Rohloff…well…rolling off is still going to get a laugh and a post out of me.
By the time Grace Rohloff reached the top of Half Dome, smiling from ear to ear, the 20-year-old college student had experienced thousands of miles of hiking.
The aspiring high school math teacher was no stranger to challenging hikes requiring cables, like the one at Angels Landing at Zion National Park, which she did in the snow. For the iconic hike at Yosemite National Park, which is around 16 miles, on July 13 with her father, Rohloff bought new hiking shoes to ensure she had the correct footwear.But a storm appeared, turning the descent down the most difficult part of the hike — the 400-foot section with cables — deathly slippery.
Rohloff lost her balance and slipped, sliding and tumbling down the granite mountain, said her father, Jonathan Rohloff. It wasn’t until rescuers arrived that he learned his daughter, whom he described as “fearless,” died.
She fell an estimated 200 to 300 feet, likely hitting her head on the rock on the way down, according to Jonathan.