A teacher from the United Kingdom fell 150 feet to her death last year while searching for an infinity pool she saw in a viral video on TikTok.
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Victoria Luck,47, died in December 2021 after she and her partner Matthew Rednor went on a trip to search for the infinity pool at Snowdon’s Crib Goch. According to TOO FAB, her death became public after an inquest into the case earlier this week, and Radnor said during the hearing that he showed her the viral tourist spot on TikTok. “We were in love, I felt like I had met my soulmate, and within two weeks we were making plans for the future; we planned to get married. I saw the infinity pool on TikTok and showed it to her; she was quite taken with it and thought it looked amazing, so we decided to go,” he explained.
Radnor continued and said Luck climbed into a gully and told him she’d continue on that path while he and their dog, Louie, went to find an easier route. Within minutes, he heard Luck make a “yelp” but didn’t see her fall.
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He said he contacted emergency services after hearing his girlfriend fall, but his battery ran out, and he didn’t know he was.
“I called 999 on my mobile, but my battery ran out when I was on to Mountain Rescue. I didn’t know where I was. Louis was clever, I started shouting, and he knew something was up; he was looking down the mountain with a concerned look on his face; he knew something was wrong.”
The coroner ruled the mother of two’s death as a “misadventure” due to the nature of the fall and its location.
“There were no established paths in the area, and this was not a known route to descend Crib Goch. Mr Radnor confirmed that they did not have a map and were not using any apps on their mobiles as navigation aids. Victoria Naomi Luck died from multiple injuries due to a fall from height.”
One TikTok video shows the park and the pool was originally built by a farmer in 2016 as a green energy project, and it became a popular tourist destination in North Wales.
‘Crib Goch.’ (1960) If there is a stereotype of North Wales as a land of mountains, it has much to do with the art of Kyffin Williams who, for more than half a century, painted the rugged landscape of Snowdonia and its people in a style unmistakably his own. pic.twitter.com/3gHh6uQu41
— Richard Morris: Art History in a Tweet (@ahistoryinart) April 25, 2022
Luck’s father, Gordon Victor Luck, said his daughter was a caring person who became a mentor to others while being devoted to her children.
“She was a devoted mother and a talented, caring person. She loved life, had a good sense of humour, and was a caring daughter. She will be and is so very sadly missed by everyone.”