Posted on 08/28/2022 5:59:20 PM PDT by BenLurkin
The North Rim is something like 8000 feet in elevation.
amazing how few have taken the plunge. Probably many fewer than those who have actually traveled from some distance to leap off the Golden Gate Bridge.
Oh man.....how many times has that been pretty close to the truth?
GC averages 11 killed per year. But most are accidents rather than intentional.
GGB used to be 30 per year, but I think the netting slowed it down some. I assume those are pretty much all intentional.
“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.”
Wife and I had a laugh at all the Texas license plates last time we were Sedona.
You would think people from such flat, featureless land would be a bit more interested.
Now, if we could get all the California types to just stop, and then keep going.
We went to the Louvre Museum in Paris one Summer. It was hot in there! Saw the Mona Lisa from behind a mob of people, and found our way out. Same principle I guess. Must have been on someone’s bucket list?
He’ll never do that again. And why did he do that (get on the edge) in the first (and last) place?
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A much less painful way to see what’s over the edge is to rent one of the donkeys to go down in the canyon!
Your corpse will be easier with a helmet and a bright safety vest.
Fred: “Is that it? We drove all that way for this little stream?”
Barney: “Well, it might not look like much now, but they say in a few million years, it’s going to be really something!”
Evil Knievel couldn’t Jump the Grand Canyon,
splashed in the Snake river though and probably made a
Million.
Almost did that myself. My beer bottle slid away from me and just disappeared over the edge. I held my breath and waited for the crash of glass, when it came about 4 seconds later I gently climbed back to the path. Dumbest thing I ever did.
Nope, ain’t leaving!
I am The Arizona Kid.
Mountain Climber,
Indian Fighter and a pretty Good Shot. Been to the GC,
Cochises’s Strong Hold and
most places in Between.
Yup,
Arizona Kid.
Howdy Partner!
[Clark Griswold had the right idea. Take a quick look safely away from the edge and get the heck out of there. Make sure you stop at the gift shop on the way out. ]
[I have a healthy respect ( fear) for heights.
So my visit to the Canyon’s edge was from many feet away……]
A cold,
Wet and Windy Storm.
Lightning then thunder and
The glint of my .45 flashed
With One Shot Left.
.
He went out Fighting.
You can’t idiot proof America.
I once stopped a friend I was camping with from going over a sixty foot high cliff. It was night and there was a full moon. We were drinking and looking at the moon when he raised his arms and kept saying “the moon, the moon...” while walking straight towards the cliff edge. So I ran and grabbed his shirt and arm. He thanked me a lot for saving his life. Later he became a US Marine.
In India they call them “Patel Photos.” Jump on the tour bus, go to the next spot, take a picture, get back on bus...
When we were there about 20 years ago, there was a book for sale in the gift shop titled “Death At the Grand Canyon.” There was a story in the book about a guy who jumped about 10 feet onto a rock whose surface was covered with coins thrown by tourists. He was dancing around and singing when he slipped and fell hundreds of feet to his death in front of horrified onlookers.
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