The taiwanese Internet star Gigi Wu (36), better known as “The Bikini Climber”, has made a career out of posting pictures of themselves in bikini.
Saturday received redningssentralen a distress call from Wu. She was fortvilt and unable to move after falling down a 30-meter deep gorge in the Yushan national park.
severe weather conditions prevented rescue crews from locating her via helicopter, so they went out on exploration on foot. On Monday, she was found dead, according to the taiwanese news agency CNA.
the Cause of death is not yet determined, but the case that she has frozen to death. The body should, according to the rescue crews moved with the helicopter in the course of Tuesday.
– It looks so beautiful out
Wu is currently the seineste in the range of adventurous hikers who have had to overcome with their lives in the pursuit of the best image to social media.
In november, the daily newspaper Dagbladet about the married couple, Vishnu Viswanath (29) and Meenakshi Moorthy (3 0) warned against the deadly selfier, just before they themselves fell into the death in Yosemite national park.
In an interview with the local TELEVISION station FTV, courtesy of NDTV, told Wu that she usually went in turklær on the way up the mountains, and confessed to a bikini to take pictures as soon as she reached the top.
Playboy model wore nude on the top of the sacred mountain. And people are flying pissed off
– It looks so beautiful out, is there anything not to like at it?, the answer was, when she was asked why she did it.
at Least 250 selfie-deaths
Over 250 people have died while they have tried to take pictures of themselves in the last six years.
It showed a study by the indian research and treatment center, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, published in the journal Family Medicine and Primary Care, where the researchers have gone through the news reports of selfierelaterte deaths.
– Selfie-deaths have become a major health problem, stated investigator Agam Bansal to The Washington Post.
India came in a clear first place, and accounted for 159 of the deaths, followed by Russia and the USA with respectively 16 and 14 deaths.
Researchers have also seen a sharp increase in the last few years – from three reported deaths in 2013 to 93 in 2017. Half of the casualties are in the age group 20 to 29 years of age.
– What worries me most is that this is a cause of death that can be avoided. To be a part of this growing statistic because you want likes, shares on Facebook, Twitter or other social media, it is not worth risking your life for, ” says Bansal.
Warned of the deadly selfier – so they fell in love, even in death
