A Philadelphia folk musician and environmental engineer was killed by a falling tree while hiking the Appalachian Trail in Maryland this weekend . The National Park Service says 36-year-old Jason Parish died Sunday morning when high winds brought down a dead tree near an overnight shelter in Maryland . The park service says Parish and two companions began hiking north from Harpers Ferry , West Virginia , Friday . Recording studio owner Ernest Tokay says Parish was a talented member of Philadelphia 's folk music scene who released his debut album , A Mountain and a Hill , in January . Tragic : Jason Parish ( left and right ) , a folk musician from Philadelphia , died Sunday when a tree fell on him on the Appalachian Trail near Brunswick , Maryland . Freak accident : High winds brought down a dead tree near an overnight shelter in Maryland , killing the hiker . Tokay says Parish often went camping , even in the winter , sometimes at a moment 's notice . ‘ It was his thing , ’ Tokay said . ‘ He seemed to enjoy what the rest of us would call very torturous conditions. ’ According to the park service , the call about the deadly accident came in just after 9am Sunday . The accident took place along Yourtee Road off of Route 67 in Washington County between Yarrowsburg Road and Brownsville Road , on a steep and rocky section of the trail near the Ed Garvey shelter . Agency spokeswoman Jenny Anzelmo-Sarles says an off-duty park ranger who was nearby performed CPR on Parish , but to no avail . Wanderlust : Parish , 36 , is pictured here on a beach along the Pacific Ocean in 2009 with his dog Kodiak . Parish was an environmental engineer who enjoyed making music and traveling in his free time . The 36-year-old hiker was pronounced dead at the scene by first responders with Brunswick Volunteer Ambulance and Rescue Company . Seasoned outdoorsman : A friend said Parish often went camping , even in the winter , sometimes at a moment 's notice . Parish 's Facebook page includes several breathtaking photos from his travels , including one of him sitting on a bluff overlooking George Washington National Forest in West Virginia . Parish is survived by his parents , a brother and a sister .
Jason Parish , 36 , was fatally injured when high winds knocks down a dead tree near overnight shelter near Philadelphia , Maryland . An off-duty park ranger who was nearby performed CPR on Parish , but it was too late . Victim worked as an environmental engineer and was active member of Brunswick 's folk music scene .