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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

Park rangers responded to a call shortly before noon Wednesday that someone had fallen over the rim.

The park's helicopter and technical rescue team recovered the body of a 67-year-old man. The name and hometown of the man wasn't immediately available.

The National Park Service and the Coconino County Medical Examiner are investigating the death, park officials said.

A spokeswoman said it was the first over-the-edge death this year at Grand Canyon National Park, which had 17 fatalities last year.

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


TOPICS: Outdoors; Travel
KEYWORDS: arizona; death; falls; grandcanyon; visitor
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To: PGR88
It's possible I didn't go to the right area of the Grand Canyon. All I remember was thinking "this is it?" That was the same trip I went to see the Hoover Dam and that made quite an impression on me.

On that subject, a few years ago, I went to the island of Kauaʻi in the Hawaiian Islands and saw a huge canyon there. It was definitely bigger than what I saw with the Grand Canyon.

41 posted on 04/05/2019 1:19:54 PM PDT by SamAdams76
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To: SamAdams76

Well it is 277 miles long...


42 posted on 04/05/2019 1:22:40 PM PDT by nascarnation
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To: ConservativeMind

“How can it be the first when two others fell off the side, last month?”

Those two were outside of the park.


43 posted on 04/05/2019 1:24:39 PM PDT by Jim Noble (Freedom is the freedom to say that 2+2 = 4)
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To: SamAdams76

Maybe you drank too much Sam Adams while you were there. How could a person not be impressed by that vista.


44 posted on 04/05/2019 1:28:03 PM PDT by antidemoncrat
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To: SamAdams76

I’m not so sure about that. We spent part of our honeymoon in the Grand Canyon. I very much enjoyed exploring BOTH of them.


45 posted on 04/05/2019 1:29:51 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys all aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: antidemoncrat

Maybe it was the margaritas. I wasn’t drinking Sam Adams in those days.


46 posted on 04/05/2019 1:31:49 PM PDT by SamAdams76
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To: DUMBGRUNT

My wife and I visited that a few years ago and it was awesome. There are hiking trails there where you can walk right off the edge. Very cool, I recommend it.


47 posted on 04/05/2019 1:34:03 PM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity (Liberalism is a social disease.)
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To: ConservativeMind

The good thing is that Bryce, Zion, and Canyonlands are total people magnets. There’s a TON to see besides those places and they’re pretty much people-free. Capitol Reef is awesome. I went to Kodachrome State Park this weekend and hiked their 7-mile Panorama trail, also excellent. The drive between to towns of Escalante and Boulder, UT are really cool. I swear, you could go to that area 10,000 times and not see the same stuff twice.


48 posted on 04/05/2019 1:45:46 PM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity (Liberalism is a social disease.)
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To: BipolarBob

Apparently the fallen were, too. One guy was taking a picture, gotta be kidding me. Get a postcard at the visitor’s center, they’re probably better pics than you’ll ever get. I don’t understand the selfie craze, I’m total opposite. You have a fantastic topography, why screw it up by putting a person in the shot? It’s idiotic vanity.


49 posted on 04/05/2019 1:48:24 PM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity (Liberalism is a social disease.)
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To: BenLurkin

Myself and two friends illegally camped near the rim back in 1973. We were 19 at the time, didn’t have much money and didn’t know any better. Sunrise at the Canyon was awesome.


50 posted on 04/05/2019 1:50:48 PM PDT by Huskrrrr
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To: SamAdams76
For what it's worth, the one time I went to the Grand Canyon, I was unimpressed. A boat ride around Manhattan was far more impressive.

One was made by God, the other was made by man.

51 posted on 04/05/2019 1:55:59 PM PDT by pbear8 (the Lord is my light and my salvation)
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To: BenLurkin

You can’t fix stupid.


52 posted on 04/05/2019 2:02:16 PM PDT by sparklite2 (Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
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To: eyeamok

I rode a mule down to the bottom


So did I. Mule’s name was Ollie, and I ached for days after.


53 posted on 04/05/2019 2:05:13 PM PDT by sparklite2 (Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
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To: ConservativeMind

Not quite the same thing, But Zion was WOW, at least to me.


54 posted on 04/05/2019 2:15:54 PM PDT by TexasM1A
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To: Karoo

I would have loved to seen the GC via river rafting. Unfortunately, those days are over for me.

However, I did see it via helicopter and walking along the edge. My sister got closer to the edge than I would. At sundown it was awesome watching it change colors.

I also loved Bryce Canyon, Garden of the Gods, Columbia River Gorge, etc. etc. Great memories.


55 posted on 04/05/2019 2:17:45 PM PDT by blondiegoodbadugly (Thank you President Trump!!!! Please continue MAGA)
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To: BenLurkin

As Jerry Pournelle used to say: Think of it as evolution in action.


56 posted on 04/05/2019 2:18:24 PM PDT by Seruzawa (TANSTAAFL!)
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To: BenLurkin

I’m thinking: why doesn’t the Park Service post a photograph of the shattered corpses of these people just beside where they fell off the edge?

A before and after sort of thing...


57 posted on 04/05/2019 5:56:11 PM PDT by Don W (When blacks riot, neighbourhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn.)
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To: ConservativeMind

And ZION!!


58 posted on 04/05/2019 5:57:47 PM PDT by Don W (When blacks riot, neighbourhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn.)
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To: lee martell

On the donkey ride you are trusting your life to a donkey. Maybe he is having a bad day today. Maybe today is the day to throw someone off.

Years ago I read they had a sign where you purchased tickets to ride the donkeys.

“We have fat donkeys for fat people, skinny donkeys for skinny people, tall donkeys for tall people, and short donkeys for short people. For people who have never ridden a donkey, we have donkeys that have never been ridden.”


59 posted on 04/05/2019 6:19:59 PM PDT by alternatives? (Why have an army if there are no borders?)
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To: BenLurkin

RIP.


60 posted on 04/06/2019 1:02:42 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj ("It's Slappin' Time !")
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