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Utah man, 22, accidentally jumps to his death during rope-swing stunt
Daily Mail Online ^
| March 24, 2013
| Associated Press Reporter
Posted on 03/25/2013 12:55:51 PM PDT by Teotwawki
A 22-year-old Utah man was killed while swinging from a rock arch in a stunt made popular by YouTube. Grand County sheriff's officials say Kyle Lee Stocking, of West Jordan, died about 3:30 p.m. Sunday, after hitting the ground below the 140-foot-tall Corona Arch near Moab. Sheriff's Lt. Kim Neal told The Salt Lake Tribune the length of rope from the arch was miscalculated and sent Stocking swinging into the ground as he went under the red sandstone formation.
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TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: darwinaward; rope; swing
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To: Teotwawki
To: PGR88
Or he didn’t account for the rope stretching.
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posted on
03/25/2013 2:44:27 PM PDT
by
lacrew
(Mr. Soetoro, we regret to inform you that your race card is over the credit limit.)
To: Teotwawki
Did he forget to subtract his own height from the length of the rope?
-PJ
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posted on
03/25/2013 2:47:48 PM PDT
by
Political Junkie Too
(If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
To: GreenHornet
I’m amazed that it took 26 comments before that esteemed expert, Mr W.E. Coyote, was called up for his learned comments!
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posted on
03/25/2013 4:23:00 PM PDT
by
BwanaNdege
("To learn who rules over you simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize"- Voltaire)
To: Teotwawki
I’ll bet he was surprised, just not for long!
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03/25/2013 4:56:36 PM PDT
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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