An OnlyFans model has been rescued after falling ill while trekking to the top of the tallest mountain in the lower 48 states. The influencer, known as Kamryn Renae on social media, has been documenting her journey hiking from Mexico to Canada along the Pacific Crest Trail.
A Perilous Ascent
Kamryn shared her attempt to summit Mount Whitney with her 183,000 Instagram followers in a vlog posted on May 23. Located in Inyo County, California, Mount Whitney stands at 14,505 feet above sea level. The day started “really good,” she said, as she filmed herself applying makeup while wearing pink and green hiking gear, including a hot pink ice ax.
Before beginning her climb, Kamryn had to hike about 25 miles into the wilderness to reach the base of the mountain. She collected water from a shallow body of water using a filtration system. “It was just so, so beautiful. When I was hiking up to the mountains, I was like, ‘Oh my god, this may be the best day of my life,’ because it was just so gorgeous,” she recalled.
Inexperience and Illness
Kamryn admitted she had limited experience climbing mountains, having only summited one “much, much smaller” mountain before. The conditions became “intense” as she hiked on slanted snow, using her ice ax for grip and self-rescue in case of a slip. When she began to feel ill, she decided to camp about two miles from the summit.
“I decided to set up my tent and just chill, and just try to relax as much as I could, and hopefully I’d feel better, and then continue in a little bit, but actually I just got worse and worse,” she said. Kamryn started vomiting and called for help, but was too sick to descend, leaving her stranded until the next day.
Rescue and Recovery
“Luckily, the next day there was a group of hikers also summitting the mountain and ran into me on the top of the mountain and helped me get down,” the influencer explained. She was airlifted out of the mountains and taken to a hospital for treatment. “I ended up just getting sick from a water source — just really bad timing, honestly,” she said.
The Independent has reached out to the National Park Service and Inyo County Search and Rescue for comment on their involvement in Kamryn’s rescue.
