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Jake Whisenant, Who Raced Up Yosemite’s El Capitan at Record Speed, Dies in a Fall | Flipboard

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What to know about Jake Whisenant, Who Raced Up Yosemite’s El Capitan at Record Speed, Dies in a Fall

Jake Whisenant, Who Raced Up Yosemite’s El Capitan at Record Speed, Dies in a Fall Authorities in California said he died in a climbing accident.

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What happened

Jake Whisenant, Who Raced Up Yosemite’s El Capitan at Record Speed, Dies in a Fall Authorities in California said he died in a climbing accident.

Why it matters

He set a record in 2024 for climbing El Capitan’s Lurking Fear route in under three hours.

Common ground

Jake Whisenant, an elite rock climber who set a record for one of the fastest ascents of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park in 2024, died in a …

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 9 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The Plaskett Fire in Monterey County has grown to 2,774 acres”
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web search NEUTRAL — You probably want to use the Keylimba app, which has way more updates, feels good to play with thumbs, and is free on iOS and Android. Scroll down for download links!
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web search NEUTRAL — Interactive keyboard kalimba! Play in your browser My daughter if u can hear me I knew you would return as well it's in your nature to protect the innocent I'm sorry on that day the day you were shut …
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web search NEUTRAL — Interactive keyboard kalimba! Play in your browser (P.S. the letters that are are the keys you play at the .)
https://dvdfu.itch.io/keylimba/comments?before=35
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Claim 2: “Milo Yiannopoulos, a British citizen”
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Both Wikipedia and multiple web sources explicitly state that Milo Yiannopoulos is a British citizen.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A range of notable individual politicians and political organizations endorsed Donald Trump for the 2024 U.S. presidential election.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Milo Yiannopoulos ( yə-NOP-əl-əs;; né Hanrahan, born 18 October 1984) is a British far-right political commentator, whose speeches and writings criticise Islam, feminism, and social justice. He is a f…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milo_Yiannopoulos
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An O visa is a classification of non-immigrant temporary worker visa granted by the United States to an alien "who possesses extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts, education, business, or athlet…
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Claim 3: “Fay Manners had climbed the Eiger North Face before.”
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Multiple independent sources (AOL/Reuters and other news reports) confirm that Fay Manners had previously climbed the Eiger North Face.
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web search NEUTRAL — Aug 27 (Reuters) - Fay Manners had climbed the Eiger North Face before. But this summer, the British alpinist returned not to follow an established route, but to create one of her own.
https://www.aol.com/articles/climbing-british-alpinist-manne…
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web search NEUTRAL — Fay Manners climbing the North Face of the Eiger -Credit:Ivana Poku. Climbing for 12 gruelling hours a day - sometimes more - Fay edged towards the summit. Nearing the halfway point, she fell.
https://www.aol.co.uk/articles/british-woman-saw-solar-eclip…
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web search NEUTRAL — Bedford climber Fay Manners has made mountaineering history by becoming the first British woman to open a new route on the Eiger’s North Face, one of the most dangerous climbing walls in the Alps.
https://www.bedfordtoday.co.uk/news/people/bedford-climber-m…
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Claim 4: “Nurses held protests in Palo Alto, Los Angeles and six other cities, calling on hospitals and elected officials to cut ties with the AI software and [Palantir’s AI Tech]”
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The provided evidence contains general information about nursing, Chanel Miller, and Roger Corman, but nothing regarding protests against Palantir's AI technology in hospitals.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Chanel Miller (born June 12, 1992) is an American writer and artist based in San Francisco and New York City. She was known anonymously in People v. Turner as "Emily Doe" after she was sexually assaul…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — People v. Turner, formally The People of the State of California v. Brock Allen Turner (2015), was a criminal case in which Brock Allen Turner was convicted by jury trial of three counts of felony sex…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Roger William Corman (April 5, 1926 – May 9, 2024) was an American film director and producer. Known under various monikers such as "The Pope of Pop Cinema", “King of the Beatnik Movies”, "The Spiritu…
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Claim 5: “the British alpinist [Fay Manners] returned [this summer]”
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Although the 'Evidence for claim 8' section says no evidence found, the evidence provided for claim 7 explicitly states 'the British alpinist returned' and identifies Fay Manners as a British alpinist.
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Claim 6: “Authorities in California said he died in a climbing accident.”
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Multiple news sources confirm he died in a climbing accident and specifically mention California authorities or his residence in Mammoth Lakes, California.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 71st Writers Guild of America Awards honored the best in film, television, radio and video-game writing of 2018. Winners were announced on February 17, 2019, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, Beverly H…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 70th American Cinema Editors Eddie Awards were presented on January 17, 2020, at The Beverly Hilton, honoring the best editors in film and television of 2019. The nominees were announced on Decemb…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — During the civil unrest that followed the murder of George Floyd in May 2020, a number of monuments and memorials associated with racial injustice were vandalized, destroyed or removed, or commitments…
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Claim 7: “Jake Whisenant... Dies in a Fall”
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Three independent web search results from news sources confirm that Jake Whisenant died in a fall/climbing accident.
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web search NEUTRAL — Jake Whisenant, Who Raced Up Yosemite’s El Capitan at Record Speed, Dies in a Fall. 21 hours ago. By Francesca Regalado.
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web search NEUTRAL — A 30-year-old California climber known for breaking speed records died after falling in the Sierra Nevada wilderness last week, according to authorities. Jacob “Jake” Whisenant, from Mammoth Lakes, Ca…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/11/record-break…
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web search NEUTRAL — American climber Jake Whisenant, known for speed ascents of some of Yosemite National Park’s most famous and demanding routes, has died in a climbing accident at age 30.
https://www.ynetnews.com/travel/article/rkdiec00uzg
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Claim 8: “Milo Yiannopoulos Detained By ICE In New Orleans”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of notable individual and organizations who publicly indicated support for Donald Trump in the 2020 United States presidential election.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Milo Yiannopoulos ( yə-NOP-əl-əs;; né Hanrahan, born 18 October 1984) is a British far-right political commentator, whose speeches and writings criticise Islam, feminism, and social justice. He is a f…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Truth Social is an American alt-tech social media platform owned by Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), an American company majority-owned by US president Donald Trump. It has been called a "Twitte…
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Claim 9: “He set a record in 2024 for climbing El Capitan’s Lurking Fear route in under three hours.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of Wikipedia entries for Jake Gyllenhaal, Jake Lang, and a YouTube video, none of which mention Jake Whisenant or the Lurking Fear route record.
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web search NEUTRAL — Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal (/ ˈdʒɪlənhɔːl / JIL-ən-hawl, [1][2] Swedish: [ˈjʏ̂lːɛnˌhɑːl]; [3] born December 19, 1980) is an American actor whose career on screen and stage has spanned more than three d…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake_Gyllenhaal
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web search NEUTRAL — Edward Jacob Lang (born 1995 or 1996) [2] is an American far-right White nationalist and anti-Islamic activist and political candidate. He was a participant in the 2021 January 6 United States Capitol…
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web search NEUTRAL — Oct 5, 2025 · Things started out fun… until we realized we weren’t alone out there 👀 Can Jake and Logan survive the full challenge or will the creature outside the base finally find a way in?
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