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Another Grand Canyon visitor falls to his death
cbs ^ | 04/05/2019

Posted on 04/05/2019 12:21:07 PM PDT by BenLurkin

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To: BenLurkin

I sometimes wonder how many of these things are really suicides. Less embarrassing for the family. More acceptable to the insurance company. If you’re old and tired of life, just take a big vacation to a mountain or a canyon and just get a little clumsy.


21 posted on 04/05/2019 12:46:06 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
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To: Boogieman
I think it’s probably much more impressive to see the Grand Canyon from a plane then just standing next to it.

Helicopter ride across is pretty cool, it's so massive it's hard to contemplate.

22 posted on 04/05/2019 12:48:50 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: Boogieman

Actually the absolute best vantage point is on the way down. But sadly no one survives to tell us how it looked.


23 posted on 04/05/2019 12:49:12 PM PDT by bigdaddy45
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To: cuban leaf
Wait’ll you see Mt. Rushmore. It’s pretty cool, but it’s a LOT smaller than you expect.

The distance to the faces is long too. So that makes it seem smaller.

There used to be a road downhill beside the monument. It went to Horsethief Pond. As you went down this road, there was an opening on the right where you could look up to the right,and see a face in profile. It was huge.

That was a WOW. It's far larger than you think.

24 posted on 04/05/2019 12:50:02 PM PDT by Rapscallion (Horowitz is a fraud.)
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To: SamAdams76

I went to the GC on the river, in a raft, for six days. Enjoyed it.


25 posted on 04/05/2019 12:53:57 PM PDT by Karoo
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To: BenLurkin

The thing that impressed me about the GC was that you can just walk up to the edge and fall right in.
In this day and age of liberal bedwetting about pretty much everything, I couldn’t believe it.


26 posted on 04/05/2019 12:56:20 PM PDT by nascarnation
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To: PGR88

I agree. The Grand Canyon and Chichen Itza both were super-impressive to me, but I really have not travelled very much relative to many people. Mt. Rushmore is also good, and Garden of the Gods in CO was spectacular, but I kept thinking about rattlesnakes while there.


27 posted on 04/05/2019 12:57:15 PM PDT by NEMDF
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To: rktman

B, bu, but one Grand Canyon death is one too many .


28 posted on 04/05/2019 1:00:23 PM PDT by A strike (Import third world become third world)
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To: ConservativeMind

Yes to Bryce and Canyonlands and the rest. I’ve been to the Grand Canyon several times. It’s ok, but there are better sights to see.


29 posted on 04/05/2019 1:01:04 PM PDT by bgill (when you badmouth women, you are badmouthing your mama and the good women on FR)
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To: A strike

We need to build a fence!
Make GC safe again!


30 posted on 04/05/2019 1:01:19 PM PDT by nascarnation
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To: SamAdams76

You are from the northeast, right?


31 posted on 04/05/2019 1:03:18 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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To: BenLurkin

That’s enough. Just fill it in already.


32 posted on 04/05/2019 1:03:31 PM PDT by sphinx
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To: C210N

If you stay overnight at the grand canyon and get to watch how it changes in different light, it’s pretty incredible. Personally, I think it lived up to the hype 100%.


33 posted on 04/05/2019 1:07:55 PM PDT by pepsi_junkie (Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
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To: Boogieman
I think it’s probably much more impressive to see the Grand Canyon from a plane then just standing next to it.

I was there in 2011. It is really amazing up close. The colors are unbelievable.

34 posted on 04/05/2019 1:13:52 PM PDT by Sans-Culotte (If it weren't for fake hate crimes, there would be no hate crimes at all.)
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To: C210N

The Black Canyon of the Gunnison, deeper than the Grand Canyon (IIRC), and they used to allow rock climbing.


35 posted on 04/05/2019 1:13:59 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!")
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To: cuban leaf
Wait’ll you see Mt. Rushmore. It’s pretty cool, but it’s a LOT smaller than you expect.

Have you seen the other side of Mt. Rushmore?


36 posted on 04/05/2019 1:14:29 PM PDT by Yo-Yo ( is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: rktman

What has happened to Hogg, not a peep out of him for months, is Harvard too tough for him and is he failing???????????


37 posted on 04/05/2019 1:16:11 PM PDT by Captain Peter Blood
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To: BenLurkin

And it’s old guys that should know better, weird.


38 posted on 04/05/2019 1:16:32 PM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity (Liberalism is a social disease.)
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To: lee martell
Did you have to ride a Donkey to complete the Canyon trail? I’ve heard that’s how many do it.

They're mules. You must watch this seven minute video and you will feel like you're riding one.

Grand Canyon Suite: On the Trail by Ferde Grofe

39 posted on 04/05/2019 1:19:13 PM PDT by CedarDave (Democrats: Creating a dependency class using open borders and voter fraud to get and keep power.)
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To: Captain Peter Blood

Count on it. It wouldn’t surprise me if he’s already gone.


40 posted on 04/05/2019 1:19:22 PM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity (Liberalism is a social disease.)
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