Rangers recover the body of the third visitor to die at the Grand Canyon in eight days
CNN,
by
Madeline Holcombe
Original Article
Posted By: Pluperfect,
4/6/2019 6:33:35 AM
A 67-year-old man died after falling over the edge of the Grand Canyon, bringing the number to three deaths at the popular tourist destination in the past eight days. The visitor fell Wednesday near the Yavapai Geology Museum, which is on the South Rim in Grand Canyon Village, according to the National Park Service. Grand Canyon National Park rangers responded and found the man´s body about 400 feet below the rim. Helicopter and technical rescue teams recovered the body and park service officials are investigating.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
MainelySane 4/6/2019 6:58:03 AM (No. 25157)
Tourists continue to not anticipate the gravity of the Grand Canyon.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
franq 4/6/2019 7:53:53 AM (No. 25152)
Clearly, we need more Grand Canyon legislation.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Paperpuncher 4/6/2019 8:10:10 AM (No. 25149)
Build a Wall!!
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
MainelySane 4/6/2019 8:22:55 AM (No. 25147)
"I have a camera. I won´t fall."
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Tourists tend to act like they are at Disneyworld, which has been child proofed. I was a nervous wreck hanging on to my 4 year old grandson on the trail by the water when we were at Glacier National Park. They don´t build barriers. They assume a certain level of common sense. Common sense is changing annually as poorly educated young people begin to outnumber elderly people who are dying off in this country. Enjoy your national parks while you can.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
RenoVet68 4/6/2019 8:40:57 AM (No. 25161)
They call that ´THE 10 SECOND TOUR"
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
StormCnter 4/6/2019 8:44:31 AM (No. 25153)
We were at the Grand Canyon a gazillion years ago when our son was two years old. I, like the poster above, was on continual and nerve-wracking alert because of the many dangers at that gorgeous spot for an inquisitive toddler. But a 67-year-old man should have more sense.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
udanja99 4/6/2019 9:09:09 AM (No. 25159)
Darwin Award nominee
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Blackeagle 4/6/2019 9:26:15 AM (No. 25164)
Goodbye cruel world?
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Lawsy0 4/6/2019 9:39:32 AM (No. 25151)
I didn´t know there was a Suicide Season in the Canyon.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Braincramp 4/6/2019 10:03:58 AM (No. 25162)
We´ve spent time in a number of national parks and have observed incredibly stupid behavior from ´´tourons´´, a title given to tourist morons by posters on a discussion forum for Yellowstone National Park. On that forum were photos, videos, and tales of foolish, dangerous behavior, and my husband and I have witnessed plenty of the same in our travels. Many are foreigners from large bus tours who spend more time taking selfies and posing for photos than actually looking at and experiencing these breathtakingly beautiful sights.
Tragic on so many levels.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
tsquare 4/6/2019 10:08:38 AM (No. 25154)
On our visit to the south edge, we observed one of the camera tourists literally running along the edge, stopping every 30 feet or so to capture an image on his ipad....Darwin did not rule that day.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
jorgecito 4/6/2019 10:13:15 AM (No. 25145)
Sorry for the families of those who perished.
At least the MSM can´t blame a "government shutdown" (and President Trump) for these deaths –as they did a few months ago, when a visitor did something similar at Yosemite National Park.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Strike3 4/6/2019 10:14:13 AM (No. 25160)
I know a lot of tight old geezers who I suspect would go that far to save the cost of a donkey.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
deauxrite 4/6/2019 10:24:06 AM (No. 25163)
When I worked at Grand Canyon I used to laugh at the antics of the tourists..the funniest was the lady trying to hand feed an elk. When the elk knocked her down and stomped her, she replied that "animals love her". Ha! Almost loved to death!
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
red1066 4/6/2019 10:28:12 AM (No. 25169)
They´ve had the same problem along the Coast Highway in California. Tourists stop to take a picture of the coast, and get too close to the edge of the cliff, and bingo, they´re gone. While the drop off isn´t as high, it´s high enough.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Phantomll 4/6/2019 11:05:46 AM (No. 25150)
I´ve seen idiot tourists in Yellowstone trying to approach wild bears as if they are some sort of pets!
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Pepper Tree 4/6/2019 11:40:16 AM (No. 25146)
It’s odd. I get queasy watching a movie scene that is looking down over the edge of a building. But, going up 80 feet on a swaying high lift isn’t nearly as bad. Somehow, movement lessens the sensation.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
Readaholic 4/6/2019 12:35:59 PM (No. 25167)
If this were a Dexter episode we would know a serial killer is on the loose.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
NYbob 4/6/2019 1:18:58 PM (No. 25166)
I guess it makes sense to a dope. Another two feet will make a huge difference in my photo of this 3 mile view.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
DVC 4/6/2019 2:12:23 PM (No. 25158)
Gravity is always on, always at full power, relentless and uncaring. Ya´ll be careful out there by the edge.
I spent a number of years doing mountain climbing. I have walked backwards over many a cliff....with a rope, rappelling. Even then, when I had checked, double checked and triple checked the anchors, the rig, my harness, etc, walking over a 1000 ft cliff edge was always difficult to do.
I visited the Grand Canyon again a couple of years ago, hiked around the North Rim for an afternoon, lunched near an edge, but I don´t get too near the cliff edges unroped. It´s not safe. (Duh!)
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
XCenturion 4/6/2019 6:12:59 PM (No. 25155)
Big hole! Stand back!
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
MickTurn 4/6/2019 8:11:12 PM (No. 25156)
Something smells here...is someone Pushing others into the canyon?
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
JoElla Bee 4/6/2019 8:37:33 PM (No. 25168)
I haven´t visited the GC, but I´ve certainly felt the pull of gravity at mountain vistas. My husband and I once walked up to a chain-link fence on a very high cliff, and I immediately felt the pull of gravity - like I was glued to that fence when I looked down. Very frightening! I can see how someone could fall without a barrier in place.
My husband didn´t feel it as I did. But I´ve always had a fear of heights. That made me wonder if some are just more susceptible to the pull than others.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
Laotzu 4/7/2019 8:37:34 AM (No. 25165)
The average digital idiot can no longer function in the analog world.
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