ElCap Reports

In Memory of Allisyn Beisner-Martines,  22 July 2009

By Tom Evans

Another of our wonderful friends, Allisyn, was taken from us, on the 22nd day of July 2010, in a base jumping accident in Italy.  You may recall that her and Nicki's wedding was on this Report (20 June 09) as was their ascent of the Muir Wall, which they did as their honeymoon, in early Oct of 2009.  The pictures you will see below are from those two events.   Below is the link to her Memorial site, on Face Book. 

 http://www.facebook.com/pages/Allisyn-Anne-Beisner-Martinez-1973-2010/134360939933907?ref=mf

 

Allisyn was a rare and special person who will be greatly missed.  She was a happy woman, as one could quickly see by her huge smile.  I was there on her and Nicki's wedding day, as were many other friends, at the Cathedral Beach in Yosemite.  She radiated the love that she and Nicki shared, as you can see in the pictures below.  If you click on the highlighted links, you will read about an amazing person with many and varied interests.  She could climb with the best of them and was an accomplished sky diver and base jumper.  Her wit was sharp and she could hold her own in any conversation.  Read more about her exceptional life by clicking on the following link:

http://www.facebook.com/allisynm

 

I can not adequately express the loss her many friends are feeling.... all we can do is what the living always do... press on with our lives, which are certainly made richer for having known her.  To Nicki, and Allisyn's family, we send our best wishes in hopes they will somehow weather this terrible time....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Allisyn and parents, walking down "the isle" on her wedding day, 20 June 2009.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Allisyn and Nicki just after the wedding at Cathedral Beach, in Yosemite.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nicki leading high on the Muir Wall as Allisyn belays.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Allisyn belaying high on the Muir Wall on October 9th, 2009.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nicki and Allisyn almost done on the Muir Wall.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The end of a great climb and honeymoon.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Allisyn, with her big smile, at the Bridge the day Chris Chan came down from her solo of the Shield.  Chris has her back to the camera. 

Sad that both are now gone, but neither will ever be forgotten.