That was an Indian couple who fell to death in US Park

NP NEWS 24 ONLINE – Two people who fell to their deaths last week in Yosemite National Park in the United States were identified on Monday as a married couple from India, reported a local newspaper. Yosemite is located in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains.

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Vishnu Viswanath, 29, and Meenakshi Moorthy, 30, fell 800 feet from Taft Point, a popular tourist spot that offers spectacular views of the Yosemite Valley and the Yosemite Falls.

The report said that the couple had recently moved from New York after Vishnu Viswanath took a job as a systems engineer at Cisco, based in San Jose. He studied computer science and engineering at the College of Engineering in Kerala’s Chengannur before coming to the US. Together, they chronicled their adventures of travelling around the world in a blog called ‘Holidays and HappilyEverAfters’.

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Rangers recovered their bodies on the steep terrain on Thursday below Taft Point, a popular tourist spot that offers spectacular views of the Yosemite Valley, Yosemite Falls, and El Capitan. Visitors had spotted the bodies a day earlier.

Park spokesman Jamie Richards was quoted as saying in the report that “We still do not know what caused them to fall. We’re trying to understand what happened. We may never know, (but) from everything we see, this was a tragic fall.”

Investigators were looking into how the couple fell or what had occurred when the accident happened at the famous spot which is a favourite place for tourists from around the world to take scenic and memorable photos

According to Richards, 10 people have died in the park so far this year. Six of those visitors fell to their deaths.

The department said the two people fell approximately 800 feet below Taft Point in an area with very steep terrain.

This recovery operation involved Park Rangers using technical climbing and rappelling techniques, in addition to helicopter support from the California Highway Patrol for a short-haul operation.

The report added that the couple had been married since 2014 and both were software engineers. On the cover of Vishnu Viswanath’s Facebook page is a picture of the two of them smiling on the edge of a cliff at the Grand Canyon.

“Our hearts go to the friends and family members of this lovely couple. May their souls rest in peace,” the college said.

Raj Katta, 24, of New York, said he got to know both of them while attending Bradley University, in Illinois. He said Vishnu Viswanath was a “thoughtful and amazing guy, very talented. They are a really happy couple. Very positive.”

Mr Katta described Meenakshi Moorthy as extremely positive and enthusiastic. “She’s one of those girls who wants to explore the world and discover a deeper meaning in life.”