Former Dallas Cowboys tight finish and firefighter Gavin Escobar, 31, was once one in every of two rock climbers discovered lifeless after an obvious fall in southern California this week, officers reported Thursday.
Cal Fireplace mentioned in a remark {that a} mountain climbing coincidence involving two other folks was once reported round 12 p.m. Wednesday close to Tahquitz Rock within the San Bernardino Nationwide Wooded area. Firefighters hiked to the spot and located each climbers deceased. Their our bodies have been airlifted via helicopter.
The sufferers it sounds as if died whilst mountain climbing a “rock face,” however main points weren’t right away to be had. Climate was once no longer cited as an element, even supposing it have been raining.
The Lengthy Seashore Fireplace Division, the place Escobar had labored as a firefighter since February, issued a remark Thursday pronouncing his dying:
