Tech CEO Recognized as Man Who Fell to His Demise at Zion Nationwide Park

The 40-year-old man fell to his demise whereas canyoneering in Utah‘s Zion Nationwide Park has been recognized as tech CEO Justin Bingham.

The software program firm Opiniion, the place Bingham served as CEO, introduced his demise in a press launch on Oct. 7.

“Justin was concerned in a tragic accident whereas having fun with considered one of his biggest passions — exploring the outside. Regardless of the very best efforts of over 50 group members of assorted rescue groups, he handed away on the evening of Saturday, Oct 5, 2024,” the corporate wrote in a assertion, revealing that he died simply three days earlier than his birthday.

“Justin was a visionary who believed within the energy of real connections, each with our purchasers and inside our group,” the corporate continued. “His dedication to constructing significant relationships made an enduring affect on everybody who had the privilege of figuring out him. Justin’s spirit of journey and dedication to dwelling life absolutely might be deeply missed.”

The Nationwide Park Service (NPS) beforehand introduced the information in a press launch, writing that Bingham was canyoneering with three different associates close to the exit of Heaps Canyon when he by chance fell and died.

“Our ideas and deepest sympathies are with the household and associates throughout this unimaginably troublesome time,” Zion Nationwide Park Superintendent Jeff Bradybaugh stated.

In keeping with his household’s weblog, Bingham and his spouse Lindsay are dad and mom to 4 youngsters.

Their household weblog is known as “Our Life in Holland” — though they reside in Utah — and is crammed with content material about their lives and touring on YouTube, Instagram and Fb, the place the household has hundreds of followers. A lot of the household’s content material additionally follows their son Landon’s remedy for cerebral palsy.

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In Opiniion’s assertion, the corporate’s co-founder and COO Devin Shurtleff, remembered Bingham for his character and passions.

“For those who spent any time round him, he was the everlasting optimist. ‘All the pieces is at all times going to work out,’ he informed me so many occasions…. However he was proper and it often did,” Shurtleff stated. “Justin wasn’t only a chief right here at Opiniion — he was a mentor, a dad, and a pal to many people. He believed that the relationships we construct are what make this work significant, and he really lived that daily.”

“We kindly ask for privateness and understanding for Justin’s household throughout this troublesome time,” the corporate assertion concluded. “We’re dedicated to making sure that Justin’s legacy lives on by means of the work we do and the relationships we proceed to construct.”