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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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Darwin award nominee. Seems like this would have been one of the first things to check or like my father taught me: "measure twice, cut once."
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posted on
03/25/2013 12:55:51 PM PDT
by
Teotwawki
To: Teotwawki
The age old problem - 140’ drop using a 145’ rope.
like trying to fit 5 lbs of sh** in a 3 lb bag.
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posted on
03/25/2013 12:58:11 PM PDT
by
PGR88
To: Teotwawki
was he a registered Democrat or a decent person?
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posted on
03/25/2013 12:58:29 PM PDT
by
rrrod
(at home in Medellin Colombia)
To: Teotwawki
A man’s got to know his limitations.
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posted on
03/25/2013 12:59:22 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: Teotwawki
You seldom read about a 45 year old man accidentally jumping to his death.
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posted on
03/25/2013 1:00:59 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: Teotwawki
I gave up swinging when I was about 12 years old. No ‘swinging’ jokes please. LOL
To: Teotwawki
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posted on
03/25/2013 1:01:25 PM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(Fighting Obama without Boehner & McConnell is like going deer hunting without your accordion)
To: Teotwawki
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posted on
03/25/2013 1:02:40 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The ASoory BrotherRoar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: Teotwawki
Hope you have better luck than I did — I postd this twice and it was pulled twice.
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posted on
03/25/2013 1:02:45 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
To: Teotwawki
I wonder if they have done this from the new Hoover Dam bypass bridge on US 93? The span is almost 1000 feet above the bottom of the gorge.
To: mylife
“Missed it by that much.”
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posted on
03/25/2013 1:02:58 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: Teotwawki
Caution: Objects may be closer than they appear
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posted on
03/25/2013 1:03:14 PM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(Fighting Obama without Boehner & McConnell is like going deer hunting without your accordion)
To: Teotwawki
Always best to do a test run with a tyre or other moderately heavy object tied to the end of the rope.
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posted on
03/25/2013 1:04:00 PM PDT
by
Vigilanteman
(Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
To: Teotwawki
Learning Math in school could save your life.
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posted on
03/25/2013 1:04:16 PM PDT
by
soycd
To: Teotwawki
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posted on
03/25/2013 1:04:41 PM PDT
by
Alex Murphy
("If you are not firm in faith, you will not be firm at all" - Isaiah 7:9)
To: Teotwawki
Not good. It’s that sudden stop that gets ya all the time.
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posted on
03/25/2013 1:05:00 PM PDT
by
b4its2late
(A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
To: PGR88
“...like trying to fit 5 lbs of sh** in a 3 lb bag.”
For shame, one should respect the president - or whatever is imitating him (it) right now.
To: Teotwawki
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posted on
03/25/2013 1:05:34 PM PDT
by
shibumi
(Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
To: Teotwawki
Or as my old man used to say “It’s perfect on this end - just a little long on this end though.”
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posted on
03/25/2013 1:06:23 PM PDT
by
21twelve
("We've got the guns, and we got the numbers" adapted and revised from Jim M.)
To: PGR88
"The age old problem - 140’ drop using a 145’ rope."He could only use a computer not a tape measure. It was just a rounding error.
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posted on
03/25/2013 1:06:38 PM PDT
by
ex-snook
(God is Love)
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