Posted on 09/07/2018 2:53:24 AM PDT by BenLurkin
A teenager visiting Yosemite National Park from Jerusalem plunged to his death this week while reportedly trying to take a selfie at the park’s popular Nevada Fall.
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Multiple fatalities have been reported in the park this year. In May, a man died on Half Dome after he slipped and fell during a thunderstorm on the last 400 feet of the climb, where hikers grasp cables to scale the summit. According to the park service, most accidents there occur during wet conditions.
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First I have seen that word. Totally going to steal it!
Thanks. One word that is both accurate, tells a story and is self-explanatory. Rare in today’s world.
Did he get pix or video on his way down?
There must be something that MADD or Bloomberg can do to stop this carnage...
Maybe an air mattress at the bottom of these cliffs?
Wow that is very depressing. I wouldn’t be able to look at those photos.
“In May, a man died on Half Dome after he slipped and fell during a thunderstorm on the last 400 feet of the climb, where hikers grasp cables to scale the summit. “
I did that hike/climb once and had the thought several times that it would be a dangerous thing in the rain.
Yosemite if full of “Deaths have occurred here” signs.
These tourists are foolish.
https://nypost.com/2018/10/30/couple-died-in-yosemite-fall-while-taking-selfie-relative-says/
Couple died in Yosemite fall while taking selfie, relative says
In India, after a rash of selfie-related deaths, the Tourism Ministry in April asked state government officials to safeguard tourists by installing signs in areas where accidents had occurred declaring them “no-selfie zones.”
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