Clara Thomann, 33 slipped and fell hiking near the Preveli Monastery in Crete while on holiday with her partner

A schoolteacher from Santa Barbara County who was six months pregnant fell to her death while hiking on the Greek island of Crete late last month, according to multiple reports. The tragic incident occurred on Dec.

By all accounts, Clara Thomann was the high school teacher you wanted: young, vibrant, outdoorsy, real and, most of all, the kind that could take the difficult-to-parse world of physics and make it fun.