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Florida Woman Falls to Her Death at Grand Canyon Hours After Posting Photo of Herself on Cliff Edge
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| 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."
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TOPICS: Travel
KEYWORDS: bellcurve; falls; grandcanyon; woman; yelp
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To: Robert DeLong
I know because I share that same fear. I wont go closer than 5 feet, and that is on a brave day!!! LOL
I don't have such a fear, but when we were on the observation floor of the Sears Tower (now called Wyllis or something) my wife would not let me step onto the heavy duty enclosed glass platform that juts out the side of the building. I am not petite, but I am sure those are rated for a high amount of weight. Her fear influenced my behavior.
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posted on
07/12/2016 10:08:11 AM PDT
by
Dr. Sivana
("There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit."-R.Reagan)
To: Hot Tabasco
My personal motto is to never get within 100 ft. of any cliff or roof edge......So....on a 200'x200' rooftop all you could do is stand in the center.
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posted on
07/12/2016 10:09:01 AM PDT
by
citizen
(ISIS: They put the IS in IS-lam.)
To: Hot Tabasco
My personal motto is to never get within 100 ft. of any cliff or roof edge...... Mine allows 50 feet in some situations.
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posted on
07/12/2016 10:09:33 AM PDT
by
Gay State Conservative
(What Did Loretta and BillyBob Discuss For 30 Minutes In Phoenix? Grandchildren?)
To: dfwgator
So why bother to mention the fact that she took a selfie hours before, when it had nothing to do with her fall? Maybe the family wants to sue the cell phone company for having the dangerous selfie capability installed on her phone. The camera app should of course be programmed to not work in any dangerous situation!
To: BenLurkin
When traveling I like to stay at Hyatt Regency hotels. Many of them have center courtyards with each floor having walkways that allow you to look down into the courtyard and the other side of the walkway opens into the rooms. I always walk right up against the wall, as far away from the open section as I can.
A couple weeks ago I was staying at the one in New Orleans (see below pic) assigned to a room on the 25th floor. I hated the elevator ride up because they have glass elevators.
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posted on
07/12/2016 10:09:43 AM PDT
by
Gamecock
(There is always one more idiot than you counted on.)
To: MarDav
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posted on
07/12/2016 10:10:13 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("Tell 'em that God's gonna cut 'em down." ~Johnny Cash)
To: BenLurkin
She must not have been a native Floridian. From my exposure in the NC mountains, they’re usually very fearful of heights, disoriented by it. Had to drive the resort van out and rescue them several times after they got vertigo driving on US 64 and couldn’t drive any further.
These were fairly elderly people, though. Maybe in younger people, lack of familiarity means underestimating the risk of falling.
To: Dr. Sivana
I don’t stand at the edge of the subway platform. Not from fear of toppling in but fear of being pushed in just at the train approaches. I know it is unlikely but it does happen.
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posted on
07/12/2016 10:11:36 AM PDT
by
citizen
(ISIS: They put the IS in IS-lam.)
To: dfwgator
So why bother to mention the fact that she took a selfie hours before, when it had nothing to do with her fall? BTW, there is no mention of a "Selfie" in the article and the photo referenced is definitely not a selfie.
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posted on
07/12/2016 10:11:39 AM PDT
by
Chuckster
("Them Rag Heads just ain't rational" Curly Bartley 1973)
To: Dr. Sivana
LOL, I’m sure it did. My rationale, is why risk it!!!
To: Mears
Ooooh,God-my worst fear.I suppose that means you won't be driving the Moki Dugway anytime soon...lol:
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posted on
07/12/2016 10:14:55 AM PDT
by
Night Hides Not
(Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
To: BenLurkin
...tripped up on her own feet and fell backwards. She fell into the canyon..... Note to self: stay away from Grand Canyon.
To: Dr. Sivana
...when we were on the observation floor of the Sears Tower (now called Wyllis or something) my wife would not let me step onto the heavy duty enclosed glass platform... I must admit that for the first couple of minutes of my one visit to the rooftop observation deck of the World Trade Center I was a bit nervous despite the fact that you couldn't get within 100 feet of the edge.
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posted on
07/12/2016 10:18:20 AM PDT
by
Gay State Conservative
(What Did Loretta and BillyBob Discuss For 30 Minutes In Phoenix? Grandchildren?)
To: CIB-173RDABN
We visited Yosemite a few years back, just a couple of days after three people were killed in a horrific tragedy. A young women ventured out into the stream to get a better picture. She slipped, and two men perished when they tried to save her.
That was a year when the waterfalls were gushing from the previous winter's record snowpack. The water wasn't more than knee deep, but the current was strong and the footing was treacherous.
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posted on
07/12/2016 10:18:44 AM PDT
by
Night Hides Not
(Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
To: BenLurkin
Looks like it’s high time for Gravity Control.
If it saves just one Tourist, it’s worth it.
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posted on
07/12/2016 10:19:31 AM PDT
by
Kickass Conservative
( Democracy, two Wolves and one Sheep deciding what's for Dinner.)
To: PROCON
Maybe she stuck the landing?
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posted on
07/12/2016 10:21:26 AM PDT
by
mountn man
(The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
To: Still Thinking; Freedom_Is_Not_Free
“At least it cleanses the gene pool.”
She was 35. Are you saying she had no children?
Or did all her children die or become sterile because she fell to her death?
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posted on
07/12/2016 10:21:54 AM PDT
by
ifinnegan
(Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
To: Mears
I am afraid of heights. I can’t get anywhere near a ledge that doesn’t have a guardrail.
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posted on
07/12/2016 10:22:33 AM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Socialism is always just one or a thousand or a million more murders away from utopia.)
To: Robert DeLong
My rationale, is why risk it!!!
I have the comfort of knowing that she'd rather have me than one of the biggest out of court settlements for a single negligence death in history, and all the talk show interviews she could possibly want.
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posted on
07/12/2016 10:22:43 AM PDT
by
Dr. Sivana
("There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit."-R.Reagan)
To: Night Hides Not
Not in a trillion years.
I don’t even visit skyscrapers.
When my kids were little and we had to go over a high bridge I would say “Do not move.”-—— until we got to the other side. Pretty sad.:-)
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posted on
07/12/2016 10:22:45 AM PDT
by
Mears
(Afrocentrism is "the invention of tradition"-----Hobsbawm)
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