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44-year-old man dies after falling 200 feet off rim at Grand Canyon
ktla ^ | 08/28/2022 | Ryan Bittan,

Posted on 08/28/2022 5:59:20 PM PDT by BenLurkin

Friday afternoon, the Grand Canyon Regional Communications Center received a report of a visitor who fell from the rim west of the Bright Angel Point Trail on the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park, KTLA sister station KTVX reports.

Responding rangers located the body of a 44-year-old man approximately 200 ft. below the rim. The visitor was reportedly off the trail when he accidentally fell off the edge.

The man has not yet been identified, and additional details have not yet been released.

Rangers say visitors should remain on designated trails and walkways, staying a safe distance from the edge of the rim.

(Excerpt) Read more at ktla.com ...


TOPICS: Outdoors
KEYWORDS: clotshot; coloradoriver; darwinawards; deathjab; grandcanyon; ouch; redflapjack; splat; unnnngh
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To: BenLurkin
"...falling 200 feet off rim at Grand Canyon..."

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Don'tcha just hate it when that happens?

21 posted on 08/28/2022 6:19:36 PM PDT by GaltAdonis
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To: smokingfrog

ROFL. I love the macabre humor on this site.


22 posted on 08/28/2022 6:20:44 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: wally_bert
Their name wasn't "Griswold" by any chance was it? 8^)


23 posted on 08/28/2022 6:20:50 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: Angelino97

They have recovered the selfie and some say it really is spectacular and worth it.


24 posted on 08/28/2022 6:23:59 PM PDT by Yaelle
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To: SamAdams76

One of the best scenes in the movie.


25 posted on 08/28/2022 6:23:59 PM PDT by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure.)
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To: wally_bert

We used to refer to those as “Texas Tourist stops” because it seemed like lots of folks from Texas just wanted to see all the points they were “supposed” to see, take a quick pic and drive on to the next one.


26 posted on 08/28/2022 6:24:21 PM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear (This is not a tagline.)
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To: BenLurkin

Nothing very remarkable.

Last name was Swint.


27 posted on 08/28/2022 6:25:48 PM PDT by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure.)
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To: BenLurkin

I have a healthy respect ( fear) for heights.
So my visit to the Canyon’s edge was from many feet away……

The gift shop actually has a window directly overlooking the edge……that was fine enough for me.


28 posted on 08/28/2022 6:27:36 PM PDT by Guenevere (“If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?”)
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To: BenLurkin

At the North rim you are at about 9,000 feet of altitude, which can affect your balance and judgment.


29 posted on 08/28/2022 6:29:09 PM PDT by PUGACHEV
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To: nascarnation

If he had covid 2 years ago, it will be put down as a death due to covid.


30 posted on 08/28/2022 6:31:04 PM PDT by xxqqzz
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To: BenLurkin

What was the cause of death? Covid-19?


31 posted on 08/28/2022 6:31:09 PM PDT by AndyTheBear
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To: nascarnation

Only a matter of time until it is all cordoned off.

For the greater good, of course.


32 posted on 08/28/2022 6:33:14 PM PDT by doorgunner69 (Let's go Brandon)
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To: ConservativeMind
I nearly fell in, due to ice.

Who would have thought there would be ice at a trailhead?

In 1966 my family went on a camping vacation out west and back in a brand new Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser, including the seven members of our family, my Sister's girlfriend and our Grandmother.   We saw the Grand Canyon and it was as hot as it could be at the edge of the overlook.   Mom and my Grandma cooked supper, washed the dishes and we went to sleep in the tent.   We got up the next morning and the washcloth Mom had draped over something to dry was frozen as stiff as a board.

33 posted on 08/28/2022 6:34:21 PM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken)
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To: ConservativeMind

I camped out in the high desert some miles east of the GC in summer of 1976. I don’t think I have ever been as cold as I was that night. I had a light sleeping bag rated for 35 or 40 F and it didn’t do a thing to warm me. It gets REALLY cold up there.


34 posted on 08/28/2022 6:35:10 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“May your neighbors respect you, trouble neglect you, angels protect you and heaven accept you”)
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To: nascarnation

Oh, he probably suffered a lot less then. < /Vax whore>


35 posted on 08/28/2022 6:37:25 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: who_would_fardels_bear

I remember some people pulling up to a local viewing spot, taking a picture through the windshield, and leaving.


36 posted on 08/28/2022 6:37:41 PM PDT by gundog ( It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: BenLurkin

He’ll never do that again. And why did he do that (get on the edge) in the first (and last) place?


37 posted on 08/28/2022 6:37:51 PM PDT by Theophilous Meatyard III
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To: BenLurkin

You’ll get that.


38 posted on 08/28/2022 6:39:19 PM PDT by VTenigma (Conspiracy theory is the new "spoiler alert")
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To: BenLurkin

Did he have a recent booster shot?


39 posted on 08/28/2022 6:39:55 PM PDT by glorgau
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To: wally_bert

LOL


40 posted on 08/28/2022 6:40:09 PM PDT by Varda
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