GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. National Park Service employees have recovered the body of a California man who died Friday after falling off an overlook at Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona.
A witness says the man was trying to jump from one outcropping to another when he fell between Pipe Creek Vista and the visitor center on the South Rim.
The victim is identified as 42-year-old Andrew N. Stires of Burbank, Calif.
A National Park Service helicopter crew, returning from a flight below the rim, found the body located approximately 500 feet below the rim.
he was aiming for the bushes
I'd have to see the gap before passing judgment. It might have just been a dumb accident. Some people might think hurdling down a road at 75mph, with only a couple feet to either side of you is stupid ;^)
He was probably showing off for buddies or a woman and had a bit too much to drink. He fell 500 ft!
Probably, but lets say it was an 8' gap. That's not an unreasonable jump, even for a geezer like me(same age as death boy), but an unfortunate step could send you down the hole.
Yeah, but you would be an idiot to try an 8' jump over a 500' drop.
Yeah, but you would be an idiot to try an 8' jump over a 500' drop.
Probably, but lets say it was an 8' gap. That's not an unreasonable jump, even for a geezer like me(same age as death boy), but an unfortunate step could send you down the hole.
Would you? An 8' jump is easy as can be. No harder than keeping a car between the white lines, and people do that every day, with similar consequences in case of failure.
Would you? An 8' jump is easy as can be. No harder than keeping a car between the white lines, and people do that every day, with similar consequences in case of failure.
How do you figure?
what would you be for trying to jump 80' over a 500' drop then?
1. Training
2. Practice
3. Licensed
4. Mild fuck up = dings
5. Major fuck up = insurance
5 things which were NOT the case here.
Would be interesting to see a picture of that particular outcropping so we could more accurately judge what happened.
Practice jumping? I don't know how you spent your childhood, but you probably should have gotten out of the house more ;^)
Licensed? Irrelevant. I bet more than half the people driving legally, shouldn't be. Throw a cell phone in the mix, and it gets worse.
Mild fuck up at 75mph starts disastrous, and gets worse from there.
Major fuck up=dead in both cases