IDYLLWILD (CNS) - A pair of climbers who died trying to scale a
mountainside east of Idyllwild have been identified as Huntington Beach
residents, one of them a former Dallas Cowboys football player.Gavin Escobar, 31, and Chelsea Walsh, 33, died about 12:20 p.m.
Wednesday near the Tahquitz Peak Fire Lookout, southeast of Humber Park, within
the San Bernardino National Forest, according to the Riverside County Sheriff's
Department.Escobar was an off-duty Long Beach firefighter who joined the agency
in February, according to a department Facebook post. Escobar was a former NFL
tight end who spent four years with the Dallas Cowboys and also had stints with
teams including the Baltimore Ravens and Miami Dolphins.The Cowboys posted a photo of Escobar on the team's social med
