Tragedy struck Yosemite National Park Wednesday when popular Alaskan climber Balin Miller, 23, fell to his death from the iconic El Capitan — an accident reportedly captured during a livestream. 

"It is with a heavy heart I have to tell you my incredible son Balin Miller died during a climbing accident today," Miller's mother, Jeanine Girard-Moorman, said in a Facebook post. "My heart is (s)hattered in a million pieces."

Girard-Moorman told Fox News Digital on Friday that the young alpinist gained international attention from just doing what he loved, but "would be disappointed to be thought of as an influencer."

He was talented beyond his years in the climbing world. He was an amazing athlete, smart, bold. He had a very unique and well loved sense of humor," Girard-Moorman said. "He loved to climb and people followed him on Instagram. It was never about the money for him. He just had a passion to climb. Live free."