Darwin nominee: Man dies trying to jump between outcroppings at Grand Canyon

[zinfamous]

Maybe it was this guy?

http://www.funnyphotos.net.au/grand-canyon-photographer/

lol. yikes.

flip flops?

 

[Terzo]

At least he tried to make the jump. When I was young, we had to leap 10 feet across chasms with lava infested sharks just to get to school. You kids these day are just too pussified.

 

[zinfamous]

Heck no, I would not jump an 8' gap with a 500 ft drop beneath me. You're nuts if you think they compare.

As was mentioned earlier, this guy was supposedly jumping around on outcroppings. His footing was probably shit. What is the point in trying that jump when the slightest mistake means instant death and actually doing it means nothing?

maybe success = pussy?

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[IronWing]

At least he understood the proper procedure. A few years ago there was a suicide at the canyon where the guy hiked out to the edge, sat down, and slit his wrists.

 

[zinfamous]

At least he understood the proper procedure. A few years ago there was a suicide at the canyon where the guy hiked out to the edge, sat down, and slit his wrists.

wow. that is spectacularly emo.

 

[BoomerD]

"Hey y'all! Watch This!"

 

[IndyColtsFan]

maybe success = pussy?

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Yeah, probably, but a wallet works too and won't cause you to fall, screaming, 500' to a humiliating death. :awe:

 

[Dwight_M]

To be quite honest my first thought was that he may have committed suicide and someone else is just trying to cover that up. But I guess the guy is just a moron.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

To be quite honest my first thought was that he may have committed suicide and someone else is just trying to cover that up. But I guess the guy is just a moron.

I found another source that quoted his friend as saying he was posing for a photo for his girlfriend and got too close to the ledge.

GF: "Ok, say 'Cheese'!"
GUY: "Chee--AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!"

However, several other witnesses said he was jumping around. I think the friend is trying to make him look better.

 

[Kelemvor]

Maybe it was this guy?

http://www.funnyphotos.net.au/grand-canyon-photographer/

That's the first thing I thought of too.

 

[lxskllr]

I found another source that quoted his friend as saying he was posing for a photo for his girlfriend and got too close to the ledge.

GF: "Ok, say 'Cheese'!"
GUY: "Chee--AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!"

Maybe his girlfriend was on the insurance policy. "That's almost perfect. Take 1/2 step back and we'll get the shot..." :^D

 

[chowderhead]

I found another source that quoted his friend as saying he was posing for a photo for his girlfriend and got too close to the ledge.

GF: "Ok, say 'Cheese'!"
GUY: "Chee--AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!"

However, several other witnesses said he was jumping around. I think the friend is trying to make him look better.

I'm sure anything they said would be better than what he looks like now.

 

[DingDingDao]

That's the first thing I thought of too.

http://www.snopes.com/photos/natural/canyonleap.asp

Still stupid IMO, but not that insane...

 

[Analog]

There are 3 people in the U.S. named Andrew Stires.

Uhhh, make that 2.

 

[Zargon]

holy crap I am in decent shape below 30 and wouldnt even THINK about trying to jump to one in teh linked picture a few posts up..........

 

[Bateluer]

His heir should sue Sony and Marvel for making Spiderman. Obviously, if this guy hadn't read Spidey comics and saw the movies, he would never have tried to jump that.

 

[MJinZ]

The other guys was such a bad movie though

 

[DominionSeraph]

Practice jumping? I don't know how you spent your childhood, but you probably should have gotten out of the house more ;^)

Jumping as a child != practice for 42.

I'm 34 and I've lost a good 20" off my vertical from when I was 18.

 

[Kadarin]

This is Pipe Creek Vista:

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/...Cyn-Planes-Cars/090911-4335MatherPtPeople.jpg

(image is huge, so I just left the link)

So that guy actually tried to jump that gap? Yikes.

 

[911paramedic]

So that guy actually tried to jump that gap? Yikes.

I don't know if it was one of those gaps, but that is the bluff they are talking about.

 

[MarkXIX]

Does a small pile of rocks appear in a photo journal on the right side of the MSNBC article with a caption that says "It's A snap!" appear for anyone else? Does anyone else find that funny like I do?

 

[IndyColtsFan]

Does a small pile of rocks appear in a photo journal on the right side of the MSNBC article with a caption that says "It's A snap!" appear for anyone else? Does anyone else find that funny like I do?

Yep, I see it.

 

[zinfamous]

"Hey y'all! Watch This!"

What are a redneck's famous last words, Alex?

 

[Squisher]

Parkour fail.

 

[Kanalua]

My grandparents witnesses a similar incident at the Grand Canyon a few years ago. Some dude went out on a out cropping and when he tried to jump back, he slipped and fell 800 feet. If nobody saw him fall no one would've known, it was so quiet, my grandparents said. But they were watching him. Said he slipped hit his head on the spot he was trying to land on... he left a car filled with all of his belongings like he was moving cross country or something...