https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/05/us/grand-canyon-deaths/index.html

the avg number of deaths in the Grand Canyon is 12 per year - some of the deaths are related to people taking "selfies"

Quite a few people in the world are IDIOTS. There's not much more you can say than that.


I went to the Grand Canyon in January of 2016 and I saw one lady from my tour group stand near the edge of the canyon and she started jumping up and down while her friend took a photo of her doing the stupid antics.

As for me? I NEVER got closer than 10 feet to the edge of the rim and I still had a great time and enjoyed the view.


Thank you very much.

This has gone on for too long, we must fill in this dangerous so called "natural wonder".

Think of the children!

Panzer... "As for me? I NEVER got closer than 10 feet to the edge of the rim and I still had a great time and enjoyed the view."

exactly !


What’s the secret shot I have to get in Grand Canyon National Park?

There’s a little ledge near the trailhead of the South Kaibab Trail that isn’t exactly secret – but it is off the path and offers a view that almost makes it appear as though you’re floating over the canyon below. It’s easy to access and worth the shot. Venture out as far as your courage will take you and check out the view; there are about a million amazing photo opportunities in the park, but this was the one that had me gasping aloud when I saw it for the first time.

Pro Tip #4: Think twice before you take real risks for a photo. I get it – I’m a photographer, and you want to get the shot! But it’s not a bad idea to ask yourself if the photo is worth dying for.

Yes F4U, those unfortunates most probably have passed on their genes.

That is closer than I would have got PM. I think my slight phobia about heights was because I fell down the basement stairs when almost 5. Thought I could walk down the stairs but only made on step before going head first. Part way down went over the edge and landed on a piece of machinery (planer) and then the concrete floor. No broken bones but knocked myself out.

In the court of the laws of physics, gravity has no mercy.

Natural selection.

Keep them coming. God will sort them out afterwards.

Horseshoe Bend in Page, AZ is another place that has multiple deaths because of people getting too close and falling off.

I went there in 2015 for a sunrise seeing we missed the sunset the night before. I had a nightmare the night before that I fell off, literally freaked me for the rest of our trip. So when we got there in the morning and saw people standing on the edge I had the hardest time just looking at them. I had to crawl just to get this shot.





This place has 2-3 deaths per year. When we pulled in, a large tourist bus of Asian people climbed off and were standing on the edge with their back do it getting their selfies...
Deaths at the Grand Canyon.


Last year we hit the Grand Canyon, weather was misting so the ground was wet. You think that stopped people from getting right on the edge for their picture. As a photographer I've put myself in some spots that probably weren't the brightest, but even I have my limits.

That pic of the Grand Canyon is stunning and can be labelled "beautiful yet deadly".

Thanks for photos Top Gun nice shots. I'm afraid of heights ..... like Panzer, 10 ft is as close i wish to get to a drop-off. If a trail is too close to an edge i start to freak out

Great photos.

Wouldn't catch me doing this trail, https://feel-planet.com/the-most-dangerous-hiking-trail-china/

NO....mother.....frakking....way. You couldn't pay me enough to do that trail.


Never trust Chinese-made wooden planks.

O_O

A handstand?

Ya can't fix stupid.

What is the reason for all of the padlocks on those chains? People leaving proof that they were there, perhaps?

The internet really has helped thin the herd.

Anyone been on this?





It only juts out 70 ft and is 4000 ft above the canyon floor.

No, no and hell no

Text from a letter to the editor I read in the Manchester (NH) Union-Leader a couple years ago. The page no longer exists or I’d provide the link as proof, because it sounds like a joke.



She’s right about the boulders and rocks, here’s a trip report (with pics) I wrote last year. This trail was more rocky than most, but very few trails are smooth up here.

Glen Boulder Trail, 16 June 2018.

HAHAHAHA! Agreed Haggart. For me the line would be, " Oh Hell No, you couldn't drag me out there with a full grown elephant!

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That one wouldn't bother me at all...

No way I am going near the edge of a cliff though.

My fear of heights has gotten worse over the years, possibly much more so since I had my kids.
Was at the Grand Canyon in 2017 and really could not get close to the edge. My imagination is just too vivid. Thought I would walk partway down Bright Angel Trail like all the other tourists but noped out .

even looking at these shots freak me out...

She should stay out of the woods if she expects safety and comfort. I'd rather the forests and mountains left wild and untamed to experience their tranquility and beauty, without all the crowds and garbage that comes in the name of "convenience."

yet another death at the Grand Canyon...

Grand Canyon Death

Stupid is as stupid does.

You know what this means right? Ban all National Parks which have a potential for people getting killed!!!

That approach seems to be trendy these days....

my fear is they'll put up railings all along the scenic areas which will just kill the view.

It's one thing to go close to the edge, and let yourself be photographed by someone who can concentrate on nothing but taking the photo. It's quite another to try and do both at the same time, for the sole purpose of vanity.

But hey - play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

That's exactly what'll happen. And then people will climb over the railing to take a picture. As was written before, you can't fix stupid.

Mankind:
"Ya can't fix stupid."

Mother Nature:
"Ya wanna bet?"

Tourist season has hardly begun there. Boatloads of foreigners will be unloading from buses soon. Like lemmings.

"boatloads"? You do know Arizona is landlocked, right?

And I think the "lemmings" comparison in a thread about people falling from cliffs to their deaths is either epically ironic or epically insensitive. I'm going with ironic, but I like Deadpool.

Please. I don't wish ill to any tourist visiting Grand Canyon. Been there myself, it's beautiful and all. But tiptoing around in search of sensitive phrases to describe stupid people that have no survival instinct outside of urban environments? Sorry, no. The best that can be said about them is, they at least serve as a warning example to learn from for the rest of us. Making the connection with Lemmings isn't something people should be shamed for. The more prominent the postmortal ridicule, the better the warning effect for others, if nothing else.

I'm going to be visiting the Grand Canyon in a couple of weeks. I promise I won't do anything stupid.

I would gladly do that if not for the ridiculous price (around $75.00 per person) $50.00 per person to shuttle you to the walkway and $25.00 to go on the walkway. Also you are not allowed to bring your own camera out there. We will be going to the South rim.

Suckers born every day Lucky.

Without suckers some businesses like Starbucks and Nieman Marcus would go under!

I wish this board had had a 'like post' option PM.

What a rip off.

It does:

+1

If you want your Post count increased.

Nothing wrong with that.

Right Panzermeyer?

Biggest hole in the ground you're likely to see. Native Americans never fell in. Seems easy to avoid falling into the biggest damned hole in the nation. Big hole. Don't go near edge.

Native Americans didn’t have Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc.

Yeah, when your "selfie" requires the delayed gratification of having to paint it upon a wall, it's quite a different dynamic involved.

Plus there wasn’t a whole generation that lived vicariously through their Facebook friends’ adventures.

If they weren't trying to get selfies, their visit would probably like this:

I really like this logic. It is simple, employs a generous amount of common sense and its end result is almost 100% guaranteed. You just don't find logic this natural and straightforward much these days. There is one possible contradiction to this debate. Might this simply be a result of AOC's prediction of the world ending in twelve years do to continued fossil fuel use? Maybe these folks are simply checking out early to save themselves the trouble of struggling to survive until the end? I mean, what's twelve years anyway?

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Man falls into volcano
https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/02/us/man-falls-into-kilauea-caldera/index.html

"A visitor to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park climbed past the metal railing"




No sympathy from me.

He survived now he should be arrested and billed for the cost of the rescue.

Agreed. That happens to a few of these people, maybe others will start to realize they are responsible for their own actions and the consequences of those actions.




I know, it's not cool to quote one's self. But it needed to be said.
Again.

Clearly marked, He is a Violator of the rules, Should have left him to his own rescue. Would have been Comical.

Like I said before the Lemming invasion has only begun, Tourist Season,Take your video cameras.

Yep, if they did something stupid leave them there. Every time SAR goes to rescue an idiot out they're putting their own lives at risk.

I just got done visiting the Grand Canyon and I survived. Some idiot had to go and sit on the edge. He promptly got his butt chewed by Security.they said do it again and they’ll throw him out of the park. They had barricades about 10 feet in from the ledge but people still crossed the barricades and had to be told by Security to move back.

Here's what I was talking about. You can see the Security guard coming up from the left.

AWESOME. should be making arrests for this type of violation. Stupid been rewarded for to long.