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Texan tourist plunges 350 feet to his death after falling off Grand Canyon's South Rim
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2583500/Texan-tourist-plunges-350-feet-death-falling-Grand-Canyons-South-Rim-visiting-family.html ^

Posted on 03/18/2014 2:38:43 PM PDT by kcvl

John N. Anderson, of Grapevine, fell off the rim near El Tovar Lodge while visiting Grand Canyon National Park on Saturday morning, authorities have said.

Rangers were able to locate the 53-year-old and began CPR but said efforts to resuscitate him were unsuccessful.

The Grand Canyon Regional Communications Centre received a report of a man falling off the rim at about 8am Saturday.

An investigation into the incident is being conducted by the National Park Service and the Coconino County Medical Examiner.

He also had his own agency in Bedford, and according to its biography, he was a graduate of Purdue University.

According to reports, there have been some 685 deaths recorded so far at the Grand Canyon.

In March 2012, newlywed Ioana Hociota, 24, was just 80 miles short of becoming the youngest person in history to hike the Grand Canyon from end to end when she fell 300ft to her death.

It was believed at the time that a loose rock may have caused the fall.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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1 posted on 03/18/2014 2:38:43 PM PDT by kcvl
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You sure they have the definition of Texan correct? Says he went to Purdue....


2 posted on 03/18/2014 2:41:03 PM PDT by thetallguy24
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To: kcvl

Gravity kills.


3 posted on 03/18/2014 2:41:24 PM PDT by TADSLOS (The Event Horizon has come and gone. Buckle up and hang on.)
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To: kcvl

Yikes. RIP.


4 posted on 03/18/2014 2:41:33 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: kcvl

Irony being ironic, when we went there I noticed the lack of guard rails and thought it was refreshing to not have the nanny state put up rails to ruin the beauty. I guess it is tribal land and they don’t have to.


5 posted on 03/18/2014 2:42:03 PM PDT by MattinNJ (It's over Johnny. The America you knew is gone. Denial serves no purpose.)
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To: kcvl

This is why we should stop all erosion...once we control this global warming/climate change system we will never again need to fear such erosion atrocities as this horrific ‘Grand Canyon’ thingie.

/> sarc


6 posted on 03/18/2014 2:43:58 PM PDT by BBB333 (Q: Which is grammatically correct? Joe Biden IS or Joe Biden ARE an idiot?)
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To: MattinNJ

Was at the El Tovar for four days in the fall. Nice trip. I wonder how he fell off. It is a shear drop in some spots for sure.


7 posted on 03/18/2014 2:45:53 PM PDT by Mouton (The insurrection laws perpetuate what we have for a government now.)
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To: kcvl

Condolences to the family but they call it the Grand Canyon because they can’t call it the Youwontfingbelievehowfingbigitis canyon


8 posted on 03/18/2014 2:46:09 PM PDT by muir_redwoods (When I first read it, " Atlas Shrugged" was fiction)
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To: TADSLOS

It’s not gravity, it’s not the fall. It’s the sudden stop. Whenever you fall 350 feet, make sure to land on an enormous feather mattress.


9 posted on 03/18/2014 2:46:21 PM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (In the long run, we are all dead.)
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To: kcvl

Grapevine man was alone when he fell from Grand Canyon rim | Northeast Tarrant

http://www.star-telegram.com/2014/03/18/5659244/grapevine-man-was-alone-when-he.html


10 posted on 03/18/2014 2:46:32 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: thetallguy24
You sure they have the definition of Texan correct? Says he went to Purdue....

Likely a naturalized Texan. Heckuva way to go...RIP.

11 posted on 03/18/2014 2:47:03 PM PDT by Night Hides Not (For every Ted Cruz we send to DC, I can endure 2-3 "unviable" candidates that beat incumbents.)
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To: TADSLOS
Gravity kills

There's a Democrat proposed bill in congress to repeal the law.

I believe that it's being proposed by Congressman Hank (Guam is gonna tip over) Johnson) co authored by Shelia Jackson Lee.

12 posted on 03/18/2014 2:47:40 PM PDT by Graybeard58 (God is not the author of confusion. 1 Cor 13: 33)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

Yeah, but then there’s the anvil, or the safe that’s coming in right behind you.


13 posted on 03/18/2014 2:48:16 PM PDT by TADSLOS (The Event Horizon has come and gone. Buckle up and hang on.)
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To: muir_redwoods
Should have done the Griswold approach....
14 posted on 03/18/2014 2:48:38 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: kcvl

sad. it was a unique death though. doesn’t really overcome the sad.


15 posted on 03/18/2014 2:49:11 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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“it was a unique death though.’


there’s nothing unique about falling off a cliff.


16 posted on 03/18/2014 2:53:34 PM PDT by ourworldawry
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It’s not the fall that kills, it’s the sudden stop.


17 posted on 03/18/2014 2:54:05 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: thetallguy24

Don’t suppose he worked for a bank, do ya? Just sayin!


18 posted on 03/18/2014 2:54:12 PM PDT by biff (WAS)
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To: kcvl
valuable lesson here, don't fall into the Grand Canyon....
19 posted on 03/18/2014 2:59:06 PM PDT by B212
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To: kcvl
he was a graduate of Purdue University

Those boilermakers will do it every time.

20 posted on 03/18/2014 2:59:39 PM PDT by Migraine (Diversity is great -- until it happens to YOU..)
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