Climber killed by Yosemite rock fall 'saved wife'

A climber who changed into killed by means of falling rocks at Yosemite countrywide Park in California stored his wife's life, his aunt has said.
Andrew Foster, 32, from Cardiff, turned into trapped while his spouse, Lucy, 28, became seriously hurt when granite fell from the El Capitan monolith on Wednesday.
The huge "sheet" plummeted from a top of 200m (656ft).
Mrs Foster has considering that told own family she turned into most effective alive due to the fact her husband saw what was occurring and shielded her.
Gillian Stephens, Mr Foster's aunt, instructed the times newspaper: "She stated 'Andrew saved my lifestyles. He dived on pinnacle of me as quickly as he may want to see what changed into going to happen. He saved my life'."
She stated Mr Foster's dad and mom, Julie and Dave, from Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, had travelled to the us to recover their son's frame.



"they're truely devastated. I cannot tell you how disillusioned they're," she said.
"they are sincerely dedicated to their children."
Ms Stephens told the newspaper that her sister Julie, fifty seven, had last week been given the all-clear from breast most cancers.
She had taken the couple to Heathrow Airport for the journey to have a good time their first wedding anniversary.
"They had been so committed to every different," Ms Stephens brought.
"It virtually became a love story."



The El Capitan rock formation is the sector's largest granite monolith and one of the quality-acknowledged landmarks in Yosemite.
The pair, located with climbing equipment, are believed to had been scouting out the ascent from a trail when the granite sheet measuring approximately 40m (131ft) by means of 20m (65ft) fell shortly before 14:00 local time (21:00 BST) on Wednesday.
Park ranger Scott Gediman stated it turned into a tragic scenario of "incorrect area, incorrect time".
He stated Mrs Foster, in the beginning from Staffordshire and who went to high school in market Drayton in close by Shropshire, was being dealt with for lifestyles-threatening injuries in a place sanatorium and had been informed of her husband's dying.
The couple, who lived in Cardiff, were given engaged throughout a snowboarding vacation in the Alps in 2015 and that they married the following yr.
They ran their very own weblog Cam and bear wherein they defined their love of the outdoors.
"we're a young married couple who experience nothing more than getting out and having adventures in the mountains collectively," they wrote.
"We are not severe athletes and describe ourselves honestly as passionate weekend warriors."
body of workers on the Cardiff-based totally out of doors save Up and beneath, where Mr Foster used to paintings, stated on their go back the couple had intended to transform a van right into a motorhome in order that they could discover the european Alps for the following 12 months.
"Andy Foster become an inspirational member of the Up and below circle of relatives," it said in a announcement.
"His passion for the outdoors, and mountains especially, turned into vast and infectious."
Mr Foster, who studied engineering at Cardiff university, had gone onto paintings for garb agency Patagonia, in which he become defined as a "plenty-loved member" of the crew.
Mr Foster's demise is the first fatality from a rock fall within the park in 4 years, in step with the parks provider.
A overseas office spokesman stated: "we're presenting support and assistance to each families following this tragic occasion and remain in contact with nearby authorities."