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Man falls to his death from Grand Canyon's Skywalk overlook - namesake national park is America's most dangerous, with highest numbers of deaths
Daily Mail ^ | 6/16/23 | Stephen M. Lepore

Posted on 06/17/2023 3:03:48 AM PDT by Libloather

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To: Libloather
Just do like Clark Griswold...


61 posted on 06/17/2023 6:44:40 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Libloather

There was a dcoumentary on how this skywalk was built. Very fascinating engineering. Obviously, this guy committed suicide.


62 posted on 06/17/2023 6:52:01 AM PDT by bort
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To: cyclotic

I have different fears and not fears about heights. I can fly off in a Cessna and not worry about the height. I have never sky dived but think I would do that before bungee jumping. The thought of bouncing around on the end of a rubber band having no control of the situation does not fill me with a warm feeling.


63 posted on 06/17/2023 6:52:53 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. )
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To: TexasGator
World record is 318 mph.

The current world record in speed skydiving competition is about 329 mph. Felix Baumgartner reached over 830 mph in his 2012 jump, though.

64 posted on 06/17/2023 6:58:00 AM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: noiseman

That was what stuck out for me-that whole sentence!


65 posted on 06/17/2023 7:08:17 AM PDT by rlmorel ("If you think tough men are dangerous, just wait until you see what weak men are capable of." JBP)
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To: noiseman

66 posted on 06/17/2023 7:09:05 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Caipirabob

Living in Arizona 35 years ago is when I developed the habit of always being armed and well-watered when venturing into the back country.

It seems that some people kind of go insane once they leave the confines of “civilization,” plus you have critters to contend with.


67 posted on 06/17/2023 7:18:34 AM PDT by Disambiguator
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To: American Infidel; V_TWIN
The Chinese don't get their thrills from walking out on a terrace!


68 posted on 06/17/2023 7:21:00 AM PDT by rlmorel ("If you think tough men are dangerous, just wait until you see what weak men are capable of." JBP)
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To: HartleyMBaldwin

I worked for a subcontractor to the project when they built it. You are absolutely right. The first bounce from off the very end would only be about 100ft down, after that it was a tumble.

They misrepresent the true location of the bridge attraction. It is not at all over the main part of the canyon and river, it is off in a side canyon and a good 1.5 miles from the main canyon. So the depth under the walk isn’t even close to 4kft, more like 2,000ft.


69 posted on 06/17/2023 7:41:17 AM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: Openurmind

But the truth isn’t nearly as sensational. And 99% of the readers eat stuff like this right up without thinking about it for one moment.


70 posted on 06/17/2023 7:46:56 AM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: Libloather

He fell 4,000 feet.

Question: Is that straight down or does one bounce off of canyon walls a few times?

Either way....

BTW. Google says it takes 27 seconds to fall 4,000 feet.

The worst and longest 27 seconds of that man’s life.


71 posted on 06/17/2023 7:54:00 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd ( )
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To: zeestephen

“Any thoughts about final thoughts?”

Prayers to Jesus. Nothing else matters at that point.


72 posted on 06/17/2023 8:06:53 AM PDT by plain talk
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To: martin_fierro
I was at Niagara Fall on the Canadian side and some stupid raghead put his little girl on the barrier overlooking the river. He was going to take a picture but white folks started giving him what for and he took her down.

Some people are just incurably stupid. Ragheads, for example.

73 posted on 06/17/2023 8:43:33 AM PDT by LouAvul (Daniel 4:17: "..the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever He will.." )
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To: Gay State Conservative

The writer should have done his research better.

The GC Skywalk is not part of the Grand Canyon National Park so this death would not show up its statistics. The Skywalk and GC West are owned by the Hualapai Indian tribe and not part of the GCNP.


74 posted on 06/17/2023 8:45:26 AM PDT by chrisinoc
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To: HartleyMBaldwin

Every time this happens they seem to toss a few things in trying to plug the attraction while they are at it.


75 posted on 06/17/2023 8:59:29 AM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: Openurmind

From what I’ve read on this thread, I’m not likely to go there.


76 posted on 06/17/2023 9:00:55 AM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: Libloather

Yep. I won’t go near it.


77 posted on 06/17/2023 9:01:41 AM PDT by dragonblustar (They have conquered Satan by the blood of the Lamb and by their testimony….. Revelation 12:11)
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To: HartleyMBaldwin

It is a scam... Not what they boast it to be. I have a place about six miles away just outside the Reservation. Beautiful country but the Skywalk is a tourist trap.


78 posted on 06/17/2023 9:06:47 AM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: SamAdams76

Clark: J_____, it’s only the biggest g___d___ hole in the world.

Aunt Edna: Clark, watch your language!

Clark: Make that the second biggest.


79 posted on 06/17/2023 9:09:35 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Libloather

I remember when 128 people were killed there in one day.

June 30, 1956. Two aircraft collided and crashed in the canyon.

Fifty years ago I read the book “The Man Who Walked Through Time”: The book by Colin Fletcher. He said the wrecked aircraft are still there.


80 posted on 06/17/2023 9:15:55 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (“No man’s life, liberty, or property are safe while the legislature is in session.”)
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