Tip: Selfies near train tracks? Bad idea.
Posted on 07/06/2016 2:09:23 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Two travelers reportedly died in different instances in Peru recently while standing too close to the cliff ledge when posing for a photo. Last week, a 51-year-old man died when losing his balance at the edge of a cliff at Machu Picchu, in an area closed off to the public. He fell 130 feet. Prior to that, a South Korean tourist fell in northern Peru while taking a selfie at the Gocta waterfall, one of the tallest waterfalls in the world. He plunged more than 1,600 feet.
There have been dozens of deaths related to tourists taking selfies in recent years, according to Condé Nast research. Last year, Condé Nast Traveler pointed out that the selfie now claims more lives than shark attacks -- and that’s just the widely-reported cases involving tourism.
There is now an entire Wikipedia page devoted to selfie-related injuries and deaths. The latter ranging from a 21-year-old Spanish man who was electrocuted in March 2014 after climbing on top of a train to take a selfie with friends, to a Japanese tourist who died last August by injuries sustained when falling down a staircase while taking a selfie at the Taj Mahal. In 2016, numerous people have died falling off cliffs or drowning while attempting to take photos.
Selfie photos taken too close to wildlife have become a danger as well, leading to the temporary shut down of Colorado's Waterton Canyon last August.
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Tip: Selfies near train tracks? Bad idea.
One way to cleanse the gene pool.
1,600 feet. If he fell that far before striking anything he had plenty of time to think about things and make peace with his Maker.
Wow ! Somebody is kicking him in the head.....
Probably saved his life though.
Freegards
Sometimes, reality is just like that, it kicks you in the head (or behind) when you’re watching someplace else.
Actually selfies do mankind good because they tend to weed out the Darwin award finalists.
Darwin Awards!
Chiropractic adjustment...
Well they certainly got selfies of stupid people.
I have sympathy for the people who have to go all the way down to the mountain base in order to recover and transport the bodies.
Wasn’t it just two months ago that a video showed little Chinese students climbing a Jacob’s Ladder up a mountainside in order to reach their classrooms? That was a shocker. The Chinese government was embarrassed into installing a long stairway for the kids instead. My thought is why not some sort of elevator? Or better yet, put the school down onto the ground level near the houses.
Selfie Suicides
That's crazy talk.
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SWEET !
My thoughts too when I read it. At least he he did it voluntarily before the Muszzies gave him free flying lessons.
Maybe calling it a “Darwin” instead of “selfie” would be more accurate. And how long before some Democrat requires a safety label on the selfie stick about the dangers of this practice?
“a South Korean tourist fell in northern Peru while taking a selfie at the Gocta waterfall, one of the tallest waterfalls in the world. He plunged more than 1,600 feet.”
It seems almost cartoon-ish. I bit a hole in my lip trying to keep from laughing. RIP.
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