{"id":1539,"date":"2018-07-13T05:52:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-13T05:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=1539"},"modified":"2025-09-29T17:03:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T17:03:12","slug":"hiking-acident-in-british-columbia-three-deaths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=1539","title":{"rendered":"Hiking acident in British Columbia; three deaths"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This is tragic. I wasn&#8217;t familiar with the youtube channel, which has over 500,000 subscribers. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>UPDATE:<\/strong><\/span> The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/the-intersect\/wp\/2018\/07\/07\/youtube-daredevils-filmed-dangerous-stunts-for-clicks-then-died-going-over-a-waterfall\/?noredirect=on&amp;utm_term=.340985059b50\">Washington Post has an articl<\/a>e. They may have been used to taking risky chances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gearjunkie.com\/high-on-life-shannon-falls-death?utm_source=GearJunkie+Weekly+Newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=47bb3632f1-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_07_09_10_11&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_4761d8db2c-47bb3632f1-4834085\">Three well-known members of the YouTube channel \u2018High On Life\u2019 died Tuesday while hiking at Shannon Falls in Squamish, British Columbia.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"220\" height=\"330\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/6a00d834525a2f69e2022ad3800e7c200d-250wi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13164\" title=\"Shannon_falls_pano\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/6a00d834525a2f69e2022ad3800e7c200d-250wi.jpg 220w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/6a00d834525a2f69e2022ad3800e7c200d-250wi-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ryker Gamble, Alexy Lyakh, and Megan Scraper<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 YouTube travel personalities followed by more than 2.5 million people across social media accounts \u2014 were walking along the series of steep waterfalls. Scraper slipped and fell into one of the area\u2019s pools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to various reports, Gamble and Lyakh tried to help Scraper but also fell. All three died as a result of the accident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>********<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gamble\u2019s cousin, Rob Manglesdorf, said the group was going for a hike and did not intend for any foolishness, reported the <a href=\"https:\/\/vancouversun.com\/news\/local-news\/they-wanted-everyone-to-live-their-best-lives-friends-and-family-share-tributes-to-three-people-killed-in-shannon-falls\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Vancouver Sun<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Local search-and-rescue officials said that slippery granite and moss can create unexpected hazards where the accident occurred. Accessed by the Sea to Sky Gondola since 2014, the pool systems in the area can be risky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cUnless you have the knowledge of that area, the expertise, and the right equipment, you should not be up there,\u201d Cpl. Sascha Banks of the&nbsp;Squamish RCMP <a href=\"https:\/\/edmontonsun.com\/news\/local-news\/underwater-camera-added-to-search-for-trio-missing-near-squamishs-shannon-falls\/wcm\/e39e7a08-7abb-45e7-bc4c-dd20617faf0f\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">told the Edmonton Sun<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is tragic. I wasn&#8217;t familiar with the youtube channel, which has over 500,000 subscribers. UPDATE: The Washington Post has an article. They may have been used to taking risky chances. Three well-known members of the YouTube channel \u2018High On Life\u2019 died Tuesday while hiking at Shannon Falls in Squamish, British Columbia. 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