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Florida Woman Falls to Her Death at Grand Canyon Hours After Posting Photo of Herself on Cliff Edge
People ^ | 07/12/2016 | Char Adams

Posted on 07/12/2016 9:46:26 AM PDT by BenLurkin

Colleen Burns, 35, of Orlando, was hiking with friends near the South Kaibab Trail on Friday when she accidentally slipped off an edge at Ooh Aah Point, Grand Canyon National Park official tells PEOPLE.

Park rangers located her body about 400 feet below where she was standing.

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One friend who was with Burns on the trail described her final moments to WESH.

"She was just, like, stepping out of the way for another gentleman to, kind of, squeeze in," Jessica Roman told the station. "Unfortunately, Colleen just kind of got tripped up on her own feet and fell backwards. She fell into the canyon."

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


TOPICS: Travel
KEYWORDS: bellcurve; falls; grandcanyon; woman; yelp
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To: Hot Tabasco

Me too. Ever since my second back surgery I have balance issues. Not tempting fate.

CC


121 posted on 07/12/2016 12:35:04 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (CC: purveyor of cryptic, snarky posts since December, 2000..)
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To: AllAmericanGirl44

These are selfie related accidents.


122 posted on 07/12/2016 12:38:56 PM PDT by DarthVader (Politicians govern out of self interest, Statesmen govern for a Vision greater than themselves)
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To: steve86

I haven’t tried anything risky in a long time!


123 posted on 07/12/2016 12:43:29 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("Tell 'em that God's gonna cut 'em down." ~Johnny Cash)
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To: DarthVader

I thought I was established that THIS incident was not selfie per say. I occurred AFTER the selfie was taken.

I do appreciate you clarifying the point you were making.
Thanks


124 posted on 07/12/2016 12:44:25 PM PDT by AllAmericanGirl44 (If you ain't the lead dog, the scenery never changes.)
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To: mountn man
How do you get in your house?

Easy, I walk in thru the door at the back of the garage. I don't live on the roof.............

125 posted on 07/12/2016 12:44:37 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (If only Hillary had married OJ instead......)
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To: BenLurkin

Bout dam time. I was about sick of her shit.


126 posted on 07/12/2016 12:45:27 PM PDT by Lazamataz (Hillary: "Weapons of war have no place on our streets."... Laz: "Muslims are weapons of war.")
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To: Jane Long

I hate her. I’m glad she’s dead.


127 posted on 07/12/2016 12:46:27 PM PDT by Lazamataz (Hillary: "Weapons of war have no place on our streets."... Laz: "Muslims are weapons of war.")
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To: Lazamataz

Uh...you were supposed to be at the bottom catching her with a net....


128 posted on 07/12/2016 12:47:02 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: cyclotic

Moki Dugway is in Utah...loads of great pics around the internet.


129 posted on 07/12/2016 12:48:21 PM PDT by who knows what evil? (Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.com)
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To: BenLurkin
If this bitch don't look like she deserves to die, no one does.


130 posted on 07/12/2016 12:48:40 PM PDT by Lazamataz (Hillary: "Weapons of war have no place on our streets."... Laz: "Muslims are weapons of war.")
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To: Lazamataz

LOL, I didn’t even have to look to know who posted that.


131 posted on 07/12/2016 12:48:42 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: who knows what evil?

I wish we could kill her twice.


132 posted on 07/12/2016 12:49:12 PM PDT by Lazamataz (Hillary: "Weapons of war have no place on our streets."... Laz: "Muslims are weapons of war.")
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To: dfwgator

She’s a bitch.


133 posted on 07/12/2016 12:51:21 PM PDT by Lazamataz (Hillary: "Weapons of war have no place on our streets."... Laz: "Muslims are weapons of war.")
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To: Lazamataz

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lYVggyHRkY


134 posted on 07/12/2016 12:51:43 PM PDT by MarDav
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To: Lazamataz

Dang. What did she do to make you so mad?


135 posted on 07/12/2016 12:54:06 PM PDT by Jane Long (Go Trump, go! Make America Safe Again :)
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To: surrey

Holy Maloney! That’s terrible.


136 posted on 07/12/2016 1:04:48 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: kristinn

Was Clown Prince nobama “touring” the park at the time?


137 posted on 07/12/2016 1:38:27 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?.)
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To: Lazamataz

Laz, were you...anywhere near the grand canyon recently? Y’know, just out of...curiousity.

CC


138 posted on 07/12/2016 1:53:36 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (CC: purveyor of cryptic, snarky posts since December, 2000..)
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To: BenLurkin

Go to any National Park and people think they are at an amusement park. I was just in Yellowstone and watched a woman do a handstand with splits on the edge on the walkway over the Grand Prismatic Springs. A few weeks before that a fellow from Germany decided to walk off the path there, fell through the thin crust and no part of him was left to recover.


139 posted on 07/12/2016 1:59:13 PM PDT by CityCenter (By the waters of Babylon, there we sat down, yea we wept...)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

About three days before Christmas, I was up there in a white out. It was snowing and we were going to stay the next two nights so we weren’t too disappointed that it was a white-out when we arrived.

We walked out to the trail to Mather Point anyway. We could not see the canyon at all but the 30 mph wind driving snow past us seemed to drop into a giant hole — we could sense the presence of that void only feet away.


140 posted on 07/12/2016 2:05:20 PM PDT by KC Burke (Consider all of my posts as first drafts. (Apologies to L. Niven))
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