Posted on 12/13/2022 3:27:38 PM PST by BenLurkin
A 54-year-old man fell to his death while canyoneering alone in Death Valley National Park, according to park services.
On Dec. 3, the man was found on the West Fork route in Mosaic Canyon. He was not reported missing, which means the search did not start in time to save his life, according to a park spokesperson.
Park rangers and SAR team members noticed that the man’s rope was not long enough to reach the ground on a long rappel. According to Death Valley, he tied a piece of webbing to the end of the rope but he appeared to have made a mistake when disconnecting his rappel device to pass the knot joining the rope and webbing.
Rangers estimate he fell about 30 feet, park services said.
Canyoneering is a sport that involves descending canyons by a combination of hiking, downclimbing, and rappelling. It is typically done as a group activity, due to the inherent risks. The West Fork route is not a commonly descended route, according to Death Valley National Park.
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That's old for a climber.
Seriously.
By the time they've hit their mid 30s, they've either died or quit.
The ultimate, "Oh Sh!t" moment.
Sure easy for a flying squirrel to say about someone falling to their death eh?
That dude rocked
Now he’s a rock star...
The cliffhanger was too much...
My sedimentary to his family...
Rule 1.
Knot the end of the rope.
Rule 2.
See rule 1.
I like this one: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/parachutist-plunges-to-death/
Woman jumps in Yosemite to protest the ban on BASE jumping there (the Park Service insisted it wasn’t safe); when told she’ll be arrested and her gear will be confiscated, she switches with someone else with a cheaper rig. The “drag-chute” you pull out (to drag your main chute out) is located in another place, and her husband films her falling to her death because she doesn’t open the chute.
I guess the Park Service was right...
People never learn.
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