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Man falls to his death [rappelling] in Death Valley National Park
ktla ^

Posted on 12/13/2022 3:27:38 PM PST by BenLurkin

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To: higgmeister

“Nothing up my sleeve...”


21 posted on 12/13/2022 4:25:20 PM PST by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: TigerHawk

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22 posted on 12/13/2022 4:34:29 PM PST by TigerHawk (The Raised Middle Finger in the Clenched Fist of the World!)
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To: GaltAdonis

I play YouTube segments from the old shows to my granddaughters ages 8 and 7. They just love the show. It’s the first thing they ask for when they come over. Although the humor was really written for adults, it’s good to see that the young kids enjoy it as much as I did when I was a kid over 60 years ago.


23 posted on 12/13/2022 4:42:07 PM PST by offduty (Joe Biden, Commander in Thief)
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To: BenLurkin
A 54-year-old man fell to his death while canyoneering alone in Death Valley National Park

That's old for a climber.

Seriously.

By the time they've hit their mid 30s, they've either died or quit.

24 posted on 12/13/2022 4:45:18 PM PST by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President 2024)
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To: TheDon
“... he appeared to have made a mistake when disconnecting his rappel device to pass the knot joining the rope and webbing.”

The ultimate, "Oh Sh!t" moment.

25 posted on 12/13/2022 4:45:29 PM PST by JPG (MAGA)
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To: higgmeister

Sure easy for a flying squirrel to say about someone falling to their death eh?


26 posted on 12/13/2022 4:52:27 PM PST by xp38 (!)
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To: Paladin2
I, for one, REALLY miss the Rocky and Bullwinkle Show.

^That
27 posted on 12/13/2022 5:03:18 PM PST by ratzoe
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To: BenLurkin

That dude rocked

Now he’s a rock star...

The cliffhanger was too much...

My sedimentary to his family...


28 posted on 12/13/2022 5:27:42 PM PST by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: BenLurkin

Rule 1.
Knot the end of the rope.
Rule 2.
See rule 1.


29 posted on 12/13/2022 5:39:45 PM PST by sasquatch
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To: marktwain

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...


31 posted on 12/14/2022 4:00:43 AM PST by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: BenLurkin

People never learn.


32 posted on 12/14/2022 7:28:43 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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