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The Eerie Premonition of a Travel Blogger Couple Who Fell To Death

A Yosemite selfie gone horribly wrong

Bertilla Niveda
5 min readJun 18, 2021
Minaxi Murthy and Vishnu Vishwanath | Instagram

“Did you know that wind gusts can be FATAL?? Is our life just worth one photo?”

Those were the words Minaxi Murthy wrote in her Instagram post just months before she and her husband plunged to their end in Yosemite National Park.

Minaxi Murthy and Vishnu Vishwanath were vibrant 30-year-olds who were born and brought up in India. Theirs was a charming romance that lasted through school, engineering college, marriage, and a whole lot of adventures.

Vishnu was described as a brilliant young man who had moved to San Jose, California with his wife for a job at Cisco Systems. They were avid travel enthusiasts who loved documenting every step of their journey.

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You can find some world-class photographs and awe-inspiring posts on their blog — ‘Holidays and Happily Ever Afters’.

Minaxi Posted A Ruefully Accurate Warning Just Months Before

In the picture, Minaxi was sitting on the edge of the Grand Canyon, with her back to…

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Bertilla Niveda
Bertilla Niveda

Written by Bertilla Niveda

Artist, engineer, and writer with a lot to say. You can connect with me at bertillaniveda@gmail.com | Learn more→ https://bit.ly/3Ba489Q

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