Jake Whisenant update: GoFundMe launched after record-breaking speed climber’s death

A GoFundMe has been launched to honor record-breaking climber Jake Whisenant, who died in a Sierra Nevada climbing accident.

Authorities in California said he died in a climbing accident. He set a record in 2024 for climbing El Capitan’s Lurking Fear route in under three hours.

A cause of death has been revealed for 30-year-old Jake Whisenant, the record-breaking climber who died earlier this month in a region of central California.

Jake Whisenant, the record-breaking climber who gained fame for racing up Yosemite’s famed El Capitan in record time died from blunt force trauma sustained during a climb. Whisenant, 30, died after an accident during a climb in the Sierra Nevada on Aug. 3, according to the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office Coroner. The ca

Jake Whisenant, a climber known for setting speed records in Yosemite National Park, has died in a climbing accident in California.

One of the climber’s friends confirmed that he had died ‘doing what he loves in the beautiful Sierra Nevada’

Jake Whisenant, a 30-year-old Mammoth Lakes climber known for record-setting speed ascents on Yosemite's El Capitan, died in a Sierra Nevada accident on August 3, per the Tulare County Sheriff's Office Coroner. No cause of death has been disclosed. His friend Bailee Moore confirmed the news on Instagram, prompting trib

Jake Whisenant Cause of Death: Yosemite speed climber dies in Sierra Nevada accident  MARCA