A hiker who was famous for taking photos on top of mountain tops wearing only a bikini,
tragically after a hike in Taiwan went horribly wrong.
Her nickname was bikini climber, and we’re going to tell you all about her, right now
on IO.
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I’m very sad to report that the world has lost yet another adventure social media star.
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36 year old Gigi Wu was from taiwain, and she had a big presence on social media.
She had 18 thousand followers on her facebok page as of February 18th.
She would post photos of herself wearing bikinis after hiking up mountains.
Theres actually a funny reason why she would take photos on top of mountains in bikinis.
She first had the idea after she lost a bet with a friend.
I guess the bikini photos stuck after that.
But she wasn’t just a pretty lady in a bikini.
Gigi wu was an extremely brave, experienced hiker, who would often do her hikes alone.
She had the right equipment, she took precautions, she knew how to contact the appropriate emergency
services in case anything went wrong.
In an interview with a local news channel last year, she said she had scaled 100 peaks
in just 4 years.
Gigi actually had close to 100 bikinis, she had 97.
She wore a different bikini in almost every photo.
When asked why she wore bikinis in her photos on top of mountains, gigi replied, ‘it just
looks so beautiful, what’s not to like”.
I mean, honestly, she’s kinda right.
Beautiful scenic mountain tops and rainbows on their own are beautiful, but add a pretty
woman in a bikini and you’ve got a masterpiece.
Taiwain is known as a tropical country, and the weather is mostly hot, but down the middle
of the country, there’s a mountain range where temperatures can drop below freezing.
Gigi wu went on a solo hike at taiwan’s Yushan National Park.
The park is home to taiwans tallest mountains.
Some of them reach 4000 meters or 13 thousand feet tall.
Her last hike was multi day.
For the record, she didn’t do the actual hikes wearing a bikini.
She would wear actual hiking clothes for the hike, then change into a bikini when she reached
the top, and that’s when she would snap the pictures.
Back on December 24th, gigi posted a photo of her legs on social media, showing that
they had been badly bruised.
She said that she slipped from the pathway and it was very likely that she could have
fallen further.
Then, This past Saturday, gigi called her friends from a satellite phone to tell them
that she fell down a ravine, and she couldn’t move because she had badly injured herself.
Gigi did contact Taiwanese emergency services and rescue teams after she fell, but because
of bad weather, emergency services were delayed in reaching her.
A helicopter actually attempted to rescue her 3 separate times, but had to turn back
because of the bad weather, and also her location.
The rescue mission ended up having to happen on foot.
The team hiked for 28 hours to reach her, and they reportedly only slept for 3 hours
because they knew the temperature was dipping below freezing.
Unfortunately, because the mountain was so cold that night, Gigi froze to because
emergency services didn’t get there in time.
The official cause of was hypothermia.
Her body was found on Monday, the tempertatures from the night before reached freezing.
Rescuers had to move her body to a more open area where a helicopter could more easily
reach it.
Its clear that they did everything they could to try and save gigi.
The outpour of love on social media has been substantial, with many expressing their condoences.
On behalf of io, our hearts go out to gigi wu’s family and loved ones, and anyone affected
by this terrible incident.
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