"more than 50 falls in the park's existence" is anybody else surprised by how relatively-low that number is? i would have expected way more people

@Savant218

3 жыл бұрын

Give it a chance ! Have you looked at people latley !! No brains at all !!!!!!! Wish more congress members would visit !!!

@ramblingrob4693

3 жыл бұрын

@@Savant218 Lol

@ramblingrob4693

3 жыл бұрын

I bet there been 1000 close calls

@lcheerezexplorer

3 жыл бұрын

@@Savant218 🤣 good one !!

@mikesadillan5834

3 жыл бұрын

Golden Gate: "those are rookie numbers"

I remember my dad wanted to prove to my mom that the Grand Canyon was safe when we went there so he asked a tour guide “how long has it been since someone fell in” expecting them to say something like a year. Instead they replied something like “oh someone just fell in 2 weeks ago”

@thereisnosanctuary6184

3 жыл бұрын

Dads want to prove canyons are safe.

@the_rover1

3 жыл бұрын

_oh, I just lost two hikers this morning. they were taking pics at the rim, lost balance and slipped into the void. happens on a regular basis, you know. I got used to it. however, mind that trail here, it's fairly slippery and the edge is just two feet away and nothing to grab on!_

@candy-ninja

3 жыл бұрын

The next day after my friends and I went to the Grand Canyon, someone fell in. If we went that day like we originally planned to do we could have witnessed it...

@thereisnosanctuary6184

3 жыл бұрын

There are some things you shouldn't get used to.

@corneilusdonaldson1858

3 жыл бұрын

@@thereisnosanctuary6184 With certain occupations, you have too. Otherwise you might as well quit and look for a different job...

Tourist: "How often do people fall off here?" Guide: "Only once."

@leon6777

Жыл бұрын

That's some black comedy right there and it's amazing.

@adamgreenhaus4691

Жыл бұрын

Oooooh I gotta use this one! I’m a guide in the scariest parts of canyonlands national park and get this question all the time.

@alanmonteros6432

11 ай бұрын

"Oh that means it's safe ! I am going to do a handstand near the edge for a cool tinder photo"

@EAGLEVISION666

10 ай бұрын

@@adamgreenhaus4691 yea yea dr phil

@DustyHoney

9 ай бұрын

In the Goosebump book “Horrorland” there’s literally this exact exchange, just substitute “fall off” with “die”

I lived in Arizona for many years and spent a lot of time in the Canyon, including a back packing trip for 35 days. The Canyon, for the most part, is very safe. HOWEVER it is critical you understand dangers, Stay on trails, avoid showing off and carry more water than you can imagine needing. If you use your brain and common sense, it is the most wonderful and magical place on earth.

@elkedge

11 ай бұрын

Would you recommend a golden retriever puppy doing the hike 39 days with a parachute attached? None the less fortunate enough for the apple sauce in the spoodle taste

@Batise

10 ай бұрын

@@elkedge haha, only if he can carry his own food. I had a golden that I took hiking in the canyon and was cited. NO DOGS IN THE CANYON.

@reginaldforthright805

24 күн бұрын

Meh, I fall into the Grand Canyon at least once a week. Really not a big deal

“His joke didn’t land” Oh it landed somewhere. Just not where he expected it to...

@meat1031

3 жыл бұрын

ba dum tsss

@jesscline9661

3 жыл бұрын

Lmfaooo

@christopherleveck6835

3 жыл бұрын

I can land anywhere once.....

@michaell6807

3 жыл бұрын

Is that Garfield as your pic

@webstercat

3 жыл бұрын

Funny

My sister in law came very close to falling in off the path at the South Rim about 10 years ago. We were hiking down and others were hiking up, we shifted over and she rolled her ankle, lost her balance, and started to fall down a steep embankment. An older gentleman walking up leaped to grab her and caught her ankle. His heroic action and a small V-shaped branch saved her life. We screamed from behind her as we watched in horror, loud enough for it to echo throughout the canyon and all the hiking traffic stopped... all the horses stopped. We clambered to pull her and the gentleman back onto the path. They both were in shock over what had just happened. It didn’t actually hit her until later in the day what happened. We had planned to hike for a couple more hours, but decided not to push our luck and hiked back to our car. I think about that man often and hope that karma has been gracious to him.

@knife-wieldingspidergod5059

3 жыл бұрын

Wow! 🤨

@lizzieck2576

3 жыл бұрын

He’s a hero, God bless him 🙏🏼

@SchennyoOoO

3 жыл бұрын

The planet doesn't reward anything. You are just more likely to get something if you go for it without considering other people. Not saying that that's the right way but if you are just a people pleaser without going for what you want, planet Earth will not just magically give it to you. Life is not the Cinderella story.

@msi8311

3 жыл бұрын

That’s incredible. In winter of 2017 my friend and I visited the south rim. We took some pictures from a distance and really appreciated all the lives lost there. It was icy, the southern rim is all that was opened due to conditions. No place to horse around.

@LucifersDeathSquad

3 жыл бұрын

@@SchennyoOoO - Life is a savage struggle , and victory has nothing to do with justice.

I was at a party in high school one time. The host's parents were out of town. Suddenly we were told by the host girl's friend that we all had to leave. No one knew why exactly but there were whispers that something happened to her parents. We found out later her parents had been visiting the Grand Canyon and her mother somehow slipped and fell to her death. Yikes.

My wife and I visited a couple of years ago and it was beyond breathtaking. Words, pictures, and movies honestly cannot describe what an incredible sight it is. In saying that we had a close encounter: one night we went for a walk up the path behind the hotel which was right at the edge of the canyon. There was a small brick wall - maybe knee height - running up the path. So we were playing and having a laugh playing and walking on the wall. It was absolute darkness so we couldn't see the other side. Now we thought the wall was there followed by a few meters of land until the cliff. The next morning, we went back out on the path and we get to the point where we were playing on the wall. And it turns out, there was absolutely nothing on the other side of that wall, just a sheer drop into the canyon.

@alwaysdisputin9930

10 ай бұрын

lol yikes

@philleotardo1500

6 ай бұрын

The sinking feeling I felt when I read just sheer drop into the canyon. That is a terrifying thought, a fun moment with you and your wife turned nightmare with one wrong step.

@nitawynn9538

5 ай бұрын

I’ve been to the canyon twice. I didn’t get anywhere near the edge. These tragedies made me find the vertigo again. Poor souls.

@shawnanddell5085

4 ай бұрын

That is so scary!

@johnnycash578

5 күн бұрын

thats effed up how can there not be any safety warning wow thats messed up

"Dad, I'm hungry" "Hi hungry, I'm falling off a fucking canyon."

@martinc.720

3 жыл бұрын

So you just learn the “Hi I’m...”; “Hi [same word]” joke? Good for you!

@dorrisgonnawreckyou7111

3 жыл бұрын

@@martinc.720 So you are going from comment to comment arguing with people for zero reason... good for you. (In all seriousness, just cause you are unhappy, it wont make you happier to shit on random people lol)

@a.sanford8731

3 жыл бұрын

@@dorrisgonnawreckyou7111 yeah I noticed that as well. Who goes on KZread just to argue?

@martinc.720

3 жыл бұрын

@@dorrisgonnawreckyou7111 Except I don’t go from comment to comment to argue. Thanks for making assumptions about strangers though.

@pyroshayniac1090

3 жыл бұрын

You’re welcome!

I saw a gust of wind blow a young lady off a narrow path next to a cliff on the island of Santorini in Greece. She fell several hundred feet to her death. Her screams as she fell still haunts me 16 years later.

@_will795

2 жыл бұрын

That’s fucking crazy

@trodriguez6024

2 жыл бұрын

That happened in Niagara Falls, a lady with and umbrella got taken by a gust of wind.

@trevorrogers95

2 жыл бұрын

I am so sorry you had to experience that. Holy shit.

@raydunakin

2 жыл бұрын

I can only imagine how traumatic that was for you!

@thefisherking78

2 жыл бұрын

Oh my god!!!

I swear one day someone is going to make a horror game or movie surrounding the Grand Canyon with some supernatural power in it that compels people to walk over to the edge to wait for their demise.

@bobbys4327

11 ай бұрын

The game will be called: Darwinism. People will be said to have The Darwinism strong in them.

@ArDeeMee

11 ай бұрын

It’s called the call of the void. Those are the really stupid intrusive thoughts we all have. What if I veered the car to the left. What if I took a step forward. What if… You would never do it, but the thought can haunt you for years.

@TheGenXMel

10 ай бұрын

​@@ArDeeMeefacts

@DustyHoney

9 ай бұрын

@@bobbys4327Imagine if it was a parasite that needs to kill its human host to move onto the next stage of their lifecycle

@DustyHoney

9 ай бұрын

@@ArDeeMeeAn intrusive thought would be more of a demand

When my wife and I were there last year. A girl tripped twice walking backwards trying to get in view of her friends camera. My wife turned to me and said “let’s get out of here. I won’t be able to handle the screams if she falls.”

@jordanalandry1866

Ай бұрын

Likely wouldn’t scream almost no one does when they fall/jump I witnessed a couple put it that way you don’t even have the opportunity to scream when you’re stunned like that.

@billpugh58

Ай бұрын

@@jordanalandry1866The people left behind scream!

@noway377

29 күн бұрын

​@@billpugh58Good point! The person falling would most likely be in too much shock to scream in that moment. But I imagine their family/friends witnessing them fall would let out the most harrowing and gut-wrenching screams you've ever heard. I don't know how I'd react if I witnessed something so traumatic. Especially if the person falling was someone I know.

Worst practical joke ever. "Hey sweetie want to see something traumatizing?" Jumps to death.

@TimSlee1

3 жыл бұрын

Sounds like the trollge.

@dsmackk5

3 жыл бұрын

💚

@jourteen7795

3 жыл бұрын

His joke didn't land, so didn't he.

@jourteen7795

3 жыл бұрын

Ba dum *crack!*

@StevenBanks123

3 жыл бұрын

Actually pretty good.

I firmly believe that some people lack that "spidey sense" part of the brain that gives us pause when danger is nearby.

@davidhollenshead4892

3 жыл бұрын

Perhaps, Until a drunk driver broke my back I used to skydive. I have seen people do the stupidity described by this video at the GC in person, there is a big difference between taking some risks and being an idiot. There is a difference between taking a known risk and being an idiot... I also once knew one of the seasonal park employees who saw the man step off the edge while framing his picture of the lodge. She also saw a man throw a stick too far for his dog to retrieve and heard it go yelping all the way down...

@valx7586

3 жыл бұрын

@@davidhollenshead4892 crazy how you got hit by a drunk driver while skydiving

@jamescawl6904

3 жыл бұрын

@@valx7586 truck-kun was determined to isekai him.

@emilybarclay8831

3 жыл бұрын

Humans haven’t relied on gut prey instinct to survive for a good few thousand years, so there has been enough time for that sense to slowly peter out, since there’s no real selection pressure on it anymore. I do believe that some people just have stronger survival instincts than others, usually people who have family histories that involve jobs that would still require those instincts such as farming or homesteading. When you live your entire life in relative perfect safety, you just don’t really hone your spidey senses, which sucks when you come into danger

@lolcatz88

3 жыл бұрын

He said at the end that the vast majority of deaths were young and male... it’s a fact that the male brain is not fully developed until they’re about 25 years old. They actually DON’T have a fully developed “spidey sense” for this reason

One other factor that causes people to fall in is the wind. It gusts unexpectedly when people go to the edge of the canyon and just blows them off. I worked in nearby Flagstaff Medical Center as a nurse. People were always getting injured or dying in the canyon.

In a mountain close to where I live, a girl's parents fell when walking backwards following her instructions, as to fit in the picture she was taking. It's one of the most haunting things someone can live with...

@ant7936

6 ай бұрын

Who inherited?

@Assia131

6 ай бұрын

I get anxious calling people over because if something happens to them it is my fault and I can't live with that let alone this... I really hope the girl is doing at least okay

@NewplayerXL

6 ай бұрын

@@Assia131 Listen: just think that, if something were to happen, they would accept the deal. Not because coming over is worth dying for, but because if the way of living life that makes you see your friends and spend time with the people you want is the same that cuts it short, so be it. If someone dies coming to you, the fault is not yours. It's their fault for going places and coming to see you. And damn it IS a worth trade You should reach the end of the road covered in bruises! And tattoos maybe, why not

@Assia131

6 ай бұрын

@@NewplayerXL can't help it, I always go over to them instead, I feel much comfortable that way 😓 thank you tho

@fiorettiduseigneurcapybara2492

Ай бұрын

How old was the girl ?

I wouldn’t do it myself, but if I were to sit on the edge of the Grand Canyon I wouldn’t stand up to get back on the rock, I’d just crawl until I got to sure ground. Why doesn’t anyone do that?

@Battlemet

3 жыл бұрын

I remeber one time I was at a sand pit near my grandfathers house, there were these large hills about 15 feet high and to me when I was a kid it was just fun climbing around on them. There was this one time where I was doing this I slipped and almost fell down, I couldn't climb back up the slight incline. I wouldn't have gotten hurt if I had actually fallen but I was terrified. I can't imagine walking anywhere close to the edge of the grand canyon. makes me shudder just to think about it.

@creativedesignation7880

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I do that when sitting on an edge that's 2 meters off the ground, some people seem to have no impuls for self preservation.

@khailils446

3 жыл бұрын

The grand canyon is sketchy af. I've been there once, and had no idea how people were comfortable sitting at a 1000 foot ledge. You might as well dangle off a skyscraper balcony too.

@lynncrosby9175

3 жыл бұрын

If i wanted to sit on the edge I'd have to crawl out as well as back

@hotbam37

3 жыл бұрын

I think the same way! I've done that many times while on cliffs, etc. I sit and then scoot backwards about 10 feet

Moral of the story: Don't fuck around at the grand canyon

@Tetris_Life

3 жыл бұрын

Actually, just don't be stupid around high places.

@MintyPur

3 жыл бұрын

Accually, just don't be stupid in general

@thereisnosanctuary6184

3 жыл бұрын

Akshually, just don't be.

@youcanpunchmeintheface

3 жыл бұрын

@@thereisnosanctuary6184 actually, just don't

@BIANCA_YAOWA

3 жыл бұрын

@@youcanpunchmeintheface actually

My dad went beyond the safety railings once or twice when we visited about a decade ago to get a better view. We were just starting a month-long trip up the West Coast, and all I could imagine was watching him fall to his death, and the rest of us literally having to keep going on our trip without him. It was very stressful. :P People believe it can't/won't happen to them, but it CAN AND MIGHT. I wish people would just stay where they know it's safe.

@BlondeQtie

7 ай бұрын

and you allowed that? i would order him right back or the vacation is terminated.

@furrycow9263

6 ай бұрын

@@BlondeQtieYou can lead a horse to water…

@alwaysbewhoyouare9592

Ай бұрын

Your dad is an idiot. I'm sorry he doesn't value your life and safety.

@nico_mit_hut

25 күн бұрын

But danger is fun🙃

Thank you for how you describe the people who died in your videos. You remind those of us who are indeed fascinated by horrific incidents that these were full human beings who don't deserve to be defined by their last moments.

@TyonGera

6 ай бұрын

Look, I know we all make stupid decisions in life and they should not define us, BUT WHEN YOU'RE TOLD NOT TO CROSS THE SAFETY RAILING OF A 6,000 FOOT DROP, YOU'RE GOING TO BE REMEMBERED AS "THAT IDIOT THAT FELL DOWN THE GRAND CANYON"

On my trip there I was horrified to see little kids running along feet from huge cliffs while the parents took pictures and seemed oblivious to the danger their kids were right next to. It was like watching children play with a loaded gun.

@happeedaze1

2 жыл бұрын

Woooooow! Scary.

@marilynsgirl01

2 жыл бұрын

As a child in Yellowstone Park I watched parents attempting to put a small child on the back of a bison like a horse, for a photo. People screamed at them and they retreated. I was frozen in horror.

@LS-ot4ho

2 жыл бұрын

And that is pretty much what happens in the USA

@leonardwei3914

2 жыл бұрын

@@LS-ot4ho People making poor decisions is a universal trait, not just in the U.S.A. Saw a few foreign tourists do dangerous stunts at the Grand Canyon when I was there several times.

@taratruman6330

2 жыл бұрын

Can't fix stupid

"His joke hadn't landed" Well he certainly did

@vaszgul736

3 жыл бұрын

I should be more upset by this humor but honestly if the dad did stuff like this on the regular, his ghost is probably laughing at these comments

@harrisonfrank3451

3 жыл бұрын

eventually....

@S0M3GUY778

3 жыл бұрын

@@vaszgul736 yeah honestly i hope his ghost likes them. Even though it was stupid and foolish of him, a daughter and wife lost their father and husband that day. Still very sad

@lazyhomebody1356

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I thought of that too! I hope the narrator didn't do that on purpose, because I can imagine that from the daughter's point of view. What a horrible story!

@starbee2262

3 жыл бұрын

Or didn’t land

My great grandfather fell into the canyon in about 1970. Thankfully he landed on a small ledge and survived.

Having been there myself, the sense of vertigo is insane as you stare out over it.... Whenever i stood up from sitting, even if i wasnt very close to the edge, I always took stock of my surroundings and scooted backwards so that I had a large amount of solid ground around me, then stood. Its a beautiful place, but terrifying...

"His prank didnt go to plan" It definitely got the point across.

@MoeMoon

3 жыл бұрын

You could say that his joke fell flat.

@neo187420

3 жыл бұрын

@@MoeMoon he'd probably still be alive if he was a stand up guy.

@static-tf2ji

3 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately his point was the ONLY thing to get across.

@justtime6736

3 жыл бұрын

You guys. I like you guys.

@masonicperkins

3 жыл бұрын

What a side splitter

“His joke didn’t land well.” That’s my kind of dark humor

@Vpmatt

2 жыл бұрын

Went down like a lead balloon.

@jesuszamora6949

2 жыл бұрын

Joke didn't land, but he sure did.

@dustingaethje1332

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it really fell flat

@kimmy227

2 жыл бұрын

happy 666 likes

@arenzefischer8090

2 жыл бұрын

That is an absolutely cruel prank!

On my trip to the Grand Canyon, in 1976, we went to the far end of the canyon, to Little Colorado Falls. The Sherriff's search and rescue team was climbing over the falls looking for a college student who had fallen to his death. A victim of hazing.

I remember talking to a park ranger there and basically he admonished people taking risky photos because the park rangers don't like cleaning blood off the rocks. He was certainly fed up.

tourist: "hey stranger, would you mind taking a picture for me?" *falls off cliff* other tourist: "uh... huh... *shrugs and takes pictures of the corpse*

@steveshea6148

3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@oldageisdumb

3 жыл бұрын

The Grand Canyon is massive with so many nooks and crannies it can be impossible for emergency services to locate bodies at times. It’s morbid, but also possible the person with the camera was thinking it might be helpful for authorities in locating the body

@wintersbattleofbands1144

3 жыл бұрын

Then inherits free camera. Develops film, finds pictures of victim's mother naked.

@kjnodwell

3 жыл бұрын

@@wintersbattleofbands1144 Holy shit...BAHAHA!!!😝😝😝

@TheRepublicOfJohn

3 жыл бұрын

@@oldageisdumb I can't and won't judge the bystander for any act they took in this situation. That's kind of my point. It's so absurd, how could anyone be expected to react in such a situation?

And don't forget: only *20* people have ever been boiled alive at Yellowstone National Park! _Together, we can change that!_

@dguy0386

3 жыл бұрын

this list is incomplete *you can help by expanding it*

@davidmoak1219

3 жыл бұрын

What the actual fuck? That's messed up man. I would never say something like, "that dude that fell in the boiling sewer in new york during a brawl was just practicing for his yellowstone swim but he didn't quite make it". Glad I'm civil and not fucked up enough to ever dare say such a thing.

@TheKozzee

3 жыл бұрын

@@davidmoak1219 what

@tylerironside8109

3 жыл бұрын

@@davidmoak1219 yeah actually wat

@davis4555

3 жыл бұрын

@@dguy0386 that's the joke. It sounds hopeful, but it isn't. They aren't going to be unboiled, only joined.

Last time I was there my oldest son was 2.5. He's 23 now. He tried to slip under the rail but any time he was anywhere near the viewing areas I had my hand firmly around his. At one point he was hanging under a railing and the only reason he didn't fall is because I firmly had his hand. Little kids have little sense and they have no concept of danger. They are very fast too. It was pretty stressful but we all survived it. Amazing views though, just amazing. My son got to go back last year for work. I wasn't there and he didn't remember being there before.

@stevefromsaskatoon830

4 ай бұрын

Bringing 2 year olds to tour around the edge of the Grand Canyon is so shockingly stupid that I'm assumimg your lying and if not your kids should be removed from your custody and put with adults that have normal functioning brain .

@nukaghoula

Ай бұрын

Probably not the best idea to take toddlers there tbh

@Clearanceman2

14 күн бұрын

@Fulgrim-gm2dg Because small children change much faster than adults. There is a big difference between 2 and 2.5 and 3. But in an adult, there is normally no difference.

Just shows that being scared of things, like heights, isn’t always a bad thing

Lesson Learned: If you're going to sit on the edge of any steep surface, especially one with a slope toward the edge, do not attempt to stand from it. Pull yourself backwards until your legs/feet are completely beyond the edge, then turn over and crawl away, and stand slowly, allowing your sense of balance to return. One thing most people don't understand is how much your sense of balance can betray you on or near a steep drop. "Losing your balance" or experiencing "vertigo" is a matter of the mind and body sending false reports to each other. To test your sense of balance, go on a swing (as at a playground). If you get nauseous while swinging, your sense of balance is poor. However, you can improve it at any time. The best thing to do -- true! -- is go on a swing every day (for as long as you can tolerate it, obviously) for about a week or two. Then do so every few days to maintain it. Children love to swing because it helps them develop and maintain their sense of balance. As adults we stop and we shouldn't.

@default123default2

2 жыл бұрын

But ppl go to the edge to show off in the first place. So standing up and waltzing away is part of the show. These showoff d-bags will risk their life for that moment of showing off.

@peterf.229

2 жыл бұрын

No it’s a matter of inner ear problems which cause vertigo. I have vertigo, I have to crawl to/ away from edges of cliffs. I’ve hiked all over Arizona , I’ve been on ledges to get to cliff deellings , so trust me it’s vertigo.

@millomweb

2 жыл бұрын

A few years ago I, with a friend, ventured onto a sea defence which, on the seaward side, was 'protected' by massive concrete blocks. They no longer lie level or even and are layered akin to giant steps. We climbed down onto these to explore and hopping from one block to the next, I've never felt so out of control of my body. The sensation was strong enough for me to do things carefully, using my hands too to keep myself under control. I've been in places since that needed care but I've not felt anything as iffy as I did that day with my friend.

@triforceofcourage100

2 жыл бұрын

No the lesson learned is DON’T

@pippishortstocking7913

2 жыл бұрын

And inside the inner ear they start calcifying as people get older. It's why people get to why they get sick & can't stand fast rotational and up &down amusement park rides that they used to love when they were young.

And then there’s me, who doesn’t even trust the guardrails and thinks they will somehow disappear and I will fall in. Guess that’s a fear of heights to another level!

@aliciakiedrowski8234

3 жыл бұрын

This is me too lol. I will approach a railing and look over, but I will never adjust my balance to depend or lean on a railing in any way!

@stonedimmaculate2942

3 жыл бұрын

SAME i cant even stand near the guardrails of my balcony without getting sweaty palms

@MrHarryHewitt1983

3 жыл бұрын

That's the kind of mindset that will keep you alive.

@caldwell20066

3 жыл бұрын

That’s just survival instincts baby

@BoujiBohemian

3 жыл бұрын

So me. Not going near the rails. Just the pictures freak me out.

Thank you for your respect for the victims at the end. I absolutely hate when people act like victims "deserve it" simply for doing something stupid or making a mistake. I don't understand how anyone can think that foolishness or simple distraction somehow merits death!

It is a suicide paradise

Who tries to scare their daughter like that? You wouldn’t need to tell me to be cautious - I HATE HEIGHTS!

@JJ-iq8mi

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly what I was thinking. Some people are just dickheads.

@TheFreshTrumpet

3 жыл бұрын

My dad did... much happier ending for us but he just goes for a laugh when he sees the chance. But no one needs to tell me how much of a dumbass move it is, to say the least lol

@emilyduffy1410

3 жыл бұрын

My brother used to scare me like that when we were kids. He did grow up though!

@talanast.germain2607

3 жыл бұрын

I am not necessarily ascared of heights, but I sure as hell respect it.....

@rinoz47

3 жыл бұрын

Only the most insufferable dads and uncles

When I was 10 years old, my dad scared the crap out of me by climbing over the railing and getting near the edge of a massive drop off to get a picture. I was so angry at him!!! I am 55 and never forgot it. I still remember how that felt - I was TERRIFIED. I still think it was the stupidest, most irresponsible thing to do, to take a risk like that for a picture.

@johnbockelie3899

3 жыл бұрын

It's so deep, you have time to think about what you did wrong on the way down.

@bridgetdunn5485

3 жыл бұрын

Just a couple of years ago my dad did almost the same thing! My mom and I were so terrified, I was shaking and on the edge of tears. The worst possible scenario kept playing in my mind until he climbed back to a reasonably safe spot. It was so scary I don’t think I’ll ever forget!

@judyl.761

3 жыл бұрын

@@bridgetdunn5485 Yes, I was on verge of tears too! I’m so glad they both made it.

@thegoldengamer9315

3 жыл бұрын

Damm your father was quite silly in that moment

@Estefaniac19

3 жыл бұрын

And how do TVE pictures look?

Isn't it weird how when terrain get's dangerous your body decides to throw away it's decades of balancing experience? Like, you'd think when it get's dangerous your sense of balance would be heightened, but no, it just leaves you.

@thetulipcollective8901

3 жыл бұрын

my balance leaves me 24/7, i cant sit on the border of a sidewalk without having to hold onto the person next to me only to still fall.

@thatdamncrow9197

3 жыл бұрын

Well no All you need to do is scoot back It gets disorienting because you were staring 1000 ft down and then just quickly stood up and shifted your view to 2 ft away

@trinidadcollier9437

3 жыл бұрын

I’m a rock climber, so I deal with this all the time. It seems comical to me now, when people talk about how they can’t stand close to the edge of things or they’ll lose their balance, but I also remember that being me before I started climbing. Like anything, I think exposure and practice can make it much easier.

@jennifermartinezperez1754

3 жыл бұрын

Faxxxx; underrated commentttt

@ASHERUISE

3 жыл бұрын

@@trinidadcollier9437 So you're almost definitely gonna be a statistic eventually but yolo

This is why I'm happy at home with chip, Penny and used napkin.

@thereisnosanctuary6184

3 жыл бұрын

??

@ukmedicfrcs

3 жыл бұрын

@@thereisnosanctuary6184 It's a Spongebob episode called " I had an accident ".

@donutpop_

3 жыл бұрын

This is an underrated comment

@ukmedicfrcs

3 жыл бұрын

@@donutpop_ Thank you! Finally someone gets it!

@dedoc9493

3 жыл бұрын

I see what you did there 😂😂

Imagine holding someone's camera and they just fall to their deaths in front of you

@davis4555

3 жыл бұрын

Free camera!

@dsmackk5

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome but traumatizing

@highwired7781

3 жыл бұрын

@@davis4555 LMAO!!

@residentidiot9694

3 жыл бұрын

Walk to the edge set it on automatic to take non stop pictures and drop it after the deceased.

@aarongrabowski3775

3 жыл бұрын

Then they took pictures of his final moments. Smh 🤦‍♀️

An estimated 5.9 million people visit the grand canyon each year, bringing the incidence rate well below 1 in a million. It's amazing that it isn't much higher.

@SurvivalSquirrel

3 жыл бұрын

Its because most of them were not tested if they could survive this without the railings....

@alexdaley7616

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed. Having 50ish deaths since 1919 isn't that high given the sheer number of tourists.

@od3910

3 жыл бұрын

Idiots will be idiots

@DisasterthonTrueHorror

3 жыл бұрын

Really is amazing that the incident rate isn't higher

@tiffanym4202

3 жыл бұрын

50 that they know of. This canyon is absolutely huge! How many lone hikers have taken a fall, their bodies never found?

Props to the random stranger who was so dedicated to taking pictures for the guy who asked him, that he took several pictures as the guy was falling to his death.

@ceecraft1362

2 жыл бұрын

It was his dying wish, so I guess the stranger would have felt bad not honoring it

@lindasimons691

2 жыл бұрын

@@ceecraft1362 Sure he felt bad either way.

@bluethermal

2 жыл бұрын

great effort no doubt..

@felicitybywater8012

2 жыл бұрын

Those photos would have helped the search team find the body much more quickly and easily, due to the landmarks included in the photos. Having said that, the photo-taker would not have been able to unsee that guy falling to his death.

@codymachado

2 жыл бұрын

Except theres zero proof of any of this. Boring fake bullshit video with zero real world evidence or footage. Yawn

The warnings and guardrails are there for a reason people!!

@MarquisDeSang

3 жыл бұрын

people get pushed

@MajorT0m

3 жыл бұрын

If the huge gaping crack in the planet's crust isn't enough of a warning, I doubt any number of fences or notices are going to help much.

@chriswilkinson7636

3 жыл бұрын

Note to self, "don't climb over guardrails".

@Syclone0044

3 жыл бұрын

Nah that’s just for “other people”. I’m special and an accident could never happen to me. Famous last words

@mindyschocolate

3 жыл бұрын

They don’t care. It’s all about pictures and getting likes now.

The pointlessness of these deaths is so depressing.

@dsmackk5

3 жыл бұрын

It's not though, if they are that stupid, it was time for them to go.

@thereisnosanctuary6184

3 жыл бұрын

I dunno, some of them rocks is pointy

@Schizohandlers

3 жыл бұрын

@@thereisnosanctuary6184 😬😬💀💀

@Chrispy

3 жыл бұрын

@@dsmackk5 it really is just natural selection. Less food to grow ig

@manz7860

3 жыл бұрын

Hope they didn't add more dummies to the world

Top reasons for death in the grand canyon 1. Crossed the railing 2. Crossed the railing 3. Crossed the railing So... stupidity

@thereisnosanctuary6184

3 жыл бұрын

You left out The Call of The Void

@someamvcreator3878

3 жыл бұрын

@@thereisnosanctuary6184 ah that explains everything

@misham6547

3 жыл бұрын

Interesting there are a lot of places without a guardrail on the grand canyon that exist if you go to another side and that not a lot of deaths happened there

@someamvcreator3878

3 жыл бұрын

@@misham6547 soooo it's fine and dandy until people see cautions and warnings and guards they immediately think, screw it? It's like we never got past 13 lol

@thereisnosanctuary6184

3 жыл бұрын

@@someamvcreator3878 Aries

Once i hear the words "climbed over the safety rails." It's just stories about darwinism.

@stevem.o.1185

2 жыл бұрын

I once climbed the safety rails around a 3,500 year old tree, then climbed in a hole inside of it. My friend and I were tripping pretty hard and surprised that we could both fit inside the tree. Later that day, we were fighting over the rainbow colored gem we found inside, like at the beginning of return of the king. It was very weird, but all is well that ends well. A few years later, a meth head burned that tree down while smoking meth inside of it. It sucks, but she also lived. My main point is, sometimes hopping the guardrail is harmless fun and good and fine.

@nickowen7406

2 жыл бұрын

@@stevem.o.1185 that was alot of words with no point behind them. A guard rail at a tree does not equal a guardrail at a canyon

@austinshoemaker1553

2 жыл бұрын

@@stevem.o.1185 that has the be the dumbest comparison I’ve heard. I think u fried ur brain and that’s from a fellow psychonaut.

@xelectrix

2 жыл бұрын

The woman hearing the story about someone climbing over the railing to sit on the edge and falling then proceeding to do the exact same thing.... 🤦🏾‍♀️

@DoctorSess

2 жыл бұрын

There’s plenty of places beyond the guard rails that are somewhat safe but people are morons and most of the time with these deaths they either tested fate by going way too close to the edge in a sketchy spot or they simply were not paying attention.

I don’t like heights even on a balcony. And I get vertigo. I was at the amazing Grand Canyon once. Probably the most amazing natural wonder I’ve seen. But I stayed far from the edge. You don’t have to go to the edge of it to enjoy it

@CaptainCaterpillars

3 жыл бұрын

I feel like getting to the edge is part of the experience, just don’t go past any railings. There’s many areas that have safe lookout points to observe the canyon (on both sides)

@The.Nasty.

3 жыл бұрын

Same bro, same. I have acrophobia, literally my only fear... I’ve been stabbed, held up at gunpoint, jumped by a group of dudes, and run over by a car... but that thing... That thing genuinely scares the shit out of me. One small slip and it’s goodbye forever, no second chance.

@evelynwaugh4053

3 жыл бұрын

Me neither! Sometimes cliffs fail and collapse, and I wouldn't want to be on them when they do. This may be rare, but they are really just temporarily stable (in geological time). Everything that rises must converge.

@jj7958

3 жыл бұрын

Yea I never go to edges with steep drop offs. I stay way back. I can see how someone would get dizzy in that canyon especially after sitting.

@happyfacefries

3 жыл бұрын

There's a library in Salt Lake City where the stairs, elevators, and railings are completely made of glass. It brings out the worst in me. Last time I went there, I literally had to crawl on my hands and knees because it was freaking me out so much.

The dad really is the boy who cried wolf. Played so many dumb pranks that his daughter didn’t believe he was dead and left.

@ingrid_inthesky

3 жыл бұрын

@Kragma Joan Ah, so you didn't just go to my comment and try to be a Karen, you're going to tons of comments because you don't have anything better to do on father's day. Do you not have a father, Joan?

@lykiaookami6070

3 жыл бұрын

@Kragma Joan The analogy was perfect for that situation though? The dad kept pranking his daughter so she didn't believe his - what she thought was bullshit and just left, thinking it's just a prank again. Noone said anything about her being able to help if she knew it wasn't a prank - just that the dad pranked her one time too many and caused her to live with the fact that she saw her dad die and didn't even react to it. She's gonna have to live with that for the rest of her life, knowing she thought her dad was just joking when he was actually dead and walking away from that without a single care in her mind until she finally realized he's dead

@lykiaookami6070

3 жыл бұрын

@Kragma Joan Because if the dad hadn't pranked his daughter multiple times she would've taken the fall seriously and wouldn't have to find out hours later that she witnessed her dad fall to his death but didn't know. He cried wolf one too many times with his pranks and his daughter had to suffer more even more for that. The mental anguish from seeing your dad die in front of you is already bad enough but finding out you left your dad fall to his death without knowing if you could've done anything / what was going on and only later on realizing is even worse. All because her dad pranked her one too many times. Sure the analogy isn't perfect but analogies usually aren't, they're just used to make something easier to understand

@Nyghtking

3 жыл бұрын

@Kragma Joan In the original telling of the boy who cried wolf he does get killed, because no one comes to help him, because they don't believe him. The moral of the story is suppose to be something along the lines of "Don't make things up lest people ignore you when you need them."

@Nyghtking

3 жыл бұрын

@Kragma Joan Ok, so lets say he wasn't the kind of guy to pull pranks like that, then he literally wouldn't have been in that situation at all because he wouldn't have decided to do it. You can go ahead and choose to believe that the analogy doesn't work but it does.

Protip, the instant you start to get vertigo in a situation like this, drop straight down into a sitting position rather than attempt to battle the dizziness standing

@ktreznin5538

3 жыл бұрын

or lay down

@Alybuscus

3 жыл бұрын

That's what I always do. My landlady finds it hilarious that I quickly stand up to get something, then randomly sit down in the middle of the kitchen.

@audrey2658

3 жыл бұрын

Precisely. i dont have vertigo but i do have absence and tonic clonic seizures when i stand up. Dont try to fight any dizziness you have, ever. lay down and prop your feet up against a wal until you feel all the blood rush out of them.

@UmatsuObossa

3 жыл бұрын

@@ktreznin5538 Yes, but laying down should come AFTER sitting, because if you're somewhere like the grand canyon, plopping into a sit is much faster, and therefore, safer.

@chatteyj

3 жыл бұрын

Or don't sit on the edge of the Grand Canyon if you suffer from vertigo.

Can we just take a moment to comprehend that idiots dieing to selfies has been going on since 1925

@staringatthesun861

3 жыл бұрын

Even longer. This is just the first death at the Grand Canyon. Imagine on mountains around the world.

@bizarreness

2 жыл бұрын

@@doodle3868 since when does a spelling accident rule this guy as stupid enough to hang off the Grand Canyon

@uhhcomebacktome7895

2 жыл бұрын

@@doodle3868 oh no a typo!

@Qabra-

2 жыл бұрын

​@@doodle3868 Ahh yes, dying for a cool picture is on the same level of stupidity to making a typo

@kvltizt

2 жыл бұрын

Everyone thinks we became more stupid than we once were but we were always stupid.

"She listened dutifully and went and did the exact same thing"

@TheAvprobeauty

3 жыл бұрын

lol exactly

@ID-pw8zb

3 жыл бұрын

Got what she deserved, stupid individual.

@Revealingstorm.

3 жыл бұрын

@@ID-pw8zb how empathetic. I don't think she deserved to die at all even if she made an extremely stupid mistake.

@ID-pw8zb

3 жыл бұрын

@@Revealingstorm. if you don’t listen to people in situations like this, you deserve all you get.

@Revealingstorm.

3 жыл бұрын

@@ID-pw8zb disagree. No one deserves to die like that

If I was plummeting to my death after trying to take a selfie, I think my last words would be “For F**ks Sake!!!”, my words echoing around the canyon. I’d be well pissed off.

@ShaudaySmith

3 жыл бұрын

This is a good comment. i lol'd.

@taneabree

3 жыл бұрын

Me too! I would for sure yell “f*ck me!!!*”

@SeanKula

3 жыл бұрын

Really? Mine would be *GASP* "Oh no oh no!" "Shit" "Help please oh shit" "oh no here it comes" *CRASH*

@michaelh.3516

3 жыл бұрын

Coming from falling experience in skiing, all I ever manage to get out is “oh damn”

@ascensionseeker1

3 жыл бұрын

Love this comment, sure your not australian?? 🤣🤣

Niagara Falls also has a very high fall rate, especially from suicide. There are barely any barriers and the park is open 24/7 with no security at all at night. It’s a beautiful yet tragic place to visit.

@mikekeenan8450

2 жыл бұрын

I was actually surprised suicide wasn't mentioned in this video.

@Bandit69ply

2 жыл бұрын

The Canadian side has a stone wall with a steel fence on top of that to dissuade people from climbing over, but if someone wants to do something bad enough, most barriers won't stop them. I love Niagara Falls.

@sharksport01

2 жыл бұрын

They named Viagara off Niagara.

@meghansullivan6812

2 жыл бұрын

holy shit it's open 24/7!!!!????

@raddit1449

2 жыл бұрын

@@meghansullivan6812 well yeah. it is a natural waterfall

One of the scariest moments of my life was almost falling off the Grand Canyon. I slipped on some pebbles on the trail down and slid on my back. My legs were dangling off the edge and two people grabbed me and pulled me back up. A very near-death experience

@powerfulcornelius3285

3 жыл бұрын

Wow 😳

@ARenae1

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah that's a big fuck no for me . Glad you were alright!

@breannaalger9585

3 жыл бұрын

Oh my god, thank goodness those two people were there to pull you back up.

@Strider_Jaco

3 жыл бұрын

How does one slip on pebbles? And did you cross the railings?

@phoebeg2387

3 жыл бұрын

@@Strider_Jaco just wasn’t paying any attention. It was a small downhill part and I slipped. There were no railings on the trail we were on, it’s a hike down the canyon

Sometimes being a scaredy cat is a good thing. I am far too terrified to ever attempt anything like this, and it’s probably why I’m still here.

@themoribundapathetic4530

3 жыл бұрын

yeah its my favorite canyon but im not even going to step on its dirt

@patriciagarrett4243

3 жыл бұрын

Likewise...plus I freak out at heights.

@quillmaurer6563

3 жыл бұрын

We evolved fear for a reason.

@avabyrne1541

3 жыл бұрын

right? like if someone called me a coward because i didnt want to take a picture behind the railing then id be happy to be a coward than risk my life

Showing off I get. It's stupid but we've all done it. Losing one's balance due to vertigo (or similar) I definitely understand. Wanting that perfect spectacular photograph of oneself against the backdrop of the Grand Canyon I also understand. The one I don't get is the guy trying to take a photo of his hotel, stepping over the safety railing and then walking backwards looking through the viewfinder of his camera. That requires an appalling failure of common sense. Someone must have seen him do it for the story to be told here and them I feel really sorry for.

@justtime6736

3 жыл бұрын

Nuts in stomach when I merely watch shit like that on the net. Couldn't imagine in person.

@carolball5764

3 жыл бұрын

@@justtime6736 I haven't got any nuts but can imagine the feeling you feel... 😳

@soggy7683

3 жыл бұрын

I kinda get the last one, if he takes a beautiful picture he might get paid more if he is a professional photographer

@ChristelVinot

3 жыл бұрын

@@justtime6736 I don't even have nuts and yet they too go into my stomach when I imagine it.

@AJ-xv7oh

3 жыл бұрын

I've had similar thoughts a whole bunch of times regarding photos. But i immediately realise the danger and the thought is gone a moment later. Some people's brains just cannot do that. It's weird.

"I think your father just fell to his death." "Don't worry, he does this all the time."

@michalaswindail783

3 жыл бұрын

Imagine the pure guilt of realising you had WALKED AWAY as your father died at the bottom of the canyon? Christ

@PFBM86

3 жыл бұрын

@@michalaswindail783 I doubt he made it all the way down to the bottom. Probably ended up a few hundred feet down at most. It's a canyon not a cliff!

In 1967 my father was a 10 year old boy with undiagnosed hyper attention deficit disorder and he almost fell in climbing the hoodoos near the grand canyon lodge. My grandmother took him and his older sisters into into the giftshop and bought a dog leash to put him on for the rest of the trip. True story.

@grifyn882

3 жыл бұрын

sad...my father died at 6 year old, by falling too

@lukekopesz9635

3 жыл бұрын

@@grifyn882 🤔

@robertmiller8529

3 жыл бұрын

I fail to see how adhd has any relevance...

@thereisnosanctuary6184

3 жыл бұрын

@@robertmiller8529 H y p e r A c t i v e

@thereisnosanctuary6184

3 жыл бұрын

My father died when he was 3 years old.

Those few moments in between accidentally killing yourself and absolute oblivion must be indescribably scary. The mind trying to escape, to find hope, mixed with the sheer regret of fucking up so badly. It might be the worst feeling one can have...

@joshingtonbarthsworth631

2 жыл бұрын

Can confirm. I slipped and fell in my shower earlier this week.

@jesselong8971

2 жыл бұрын

Just silent in his shock......wow

@jesusramos1440

2 жыл бұрын

It's called Waking up Dead.. seen it many times in hosp environment.

@felicitybywater8012

2 жыл бұрын

Hopefully, all who fell were either knocked unconscious by a protruding rock or made peace with their deaths before impact.

@dianeridley9804

2 жыл бұрын

No one will ever know

"Expecting him to catch up when he realized his joke hadn't landed." That fell fla- wait... I'm a horrible person...

@louisasmiles

3 жыл бұрын

I heard it. Its dry, dark humour

@jasonpark5906

3 жыл бұрын

The dad dove right into that joke.

@FuzzyChubbyPurpleUnicorn

3 жыл бұрын

Dark humor is good humor

@gengoosekhan

3 жыл бұрын

This comment thread took a real nose-dive.

@danktankdragkings7117

3 жыл бұрын

That joke was grand

I visited the canyon a few years ago. Seeing it in person, you can't grasp how massive it is. The middle of the canyon is so far away, you don't even have any depth perception of it. It's literally so far away that you can't tell how far away it is. I stayed behind the guardrails and my mind remained blown by the sheer size and beauty of the place.

@kadebrockhausen

2 жыл бұрын

I've been there once. I stayed behind the railing, but I was paranoid that someone would just come up behind me, and nobody would be able to stop them from sending to me oblivion

@lynch42o

2 жыл бұрын

New gens these days, y’all aren’t capable of anything that doesn’t involve a computer.. sad

@kadebrockhausen

2 жыл бұрын

@@lynch42o okay boomer

@circleinforthecube5170

2 жыл бұрын

@@lynch42o go take your pills, old crone

@gabeprevots2331

2 жыл бұрын

@@lynch42o OK boomer

I’m afraid of heights. Wouldn’t see me acting like a fool.

@kj-gn3tr

3 жыл бұрын

yes Pamela ❗️💯🤝

@PointlessRhetoric

3 жыл бұрын

@Occam's Shave Cream it's really cool honestly it's not even really dangerous unless you try to go down into the canyon which is a bad idea in general.I think the craziest thing I've ever done is drive up a volcano in Hawaii that was much more nerve-racking honestly but also well worth it.

@canavero4288

3 жыл бұрын

imagine doing a prank where you fake your own death, but you end up actually dying. that guy kinda had it coming. like why would you even try to make your daughter think you died? if she actually thought he died in the prank, it would have been so traumatic. and then he ended up fucking dying anyway. what a dumbass

@PointlessRhetoric

3 жыл бұрын

@@canavero4288 I've known several people who have taken dumb risks at the Grand canyon either trying to get close to the edge or jumping across little rocks I think there's something inexplicable within human mentality that makes certain people do incredibly dangerous and pointless things. I guess in a way it can all be summed up in the fact that our life is so finite and we never really know what kind of dumb shit is going to lead to our death.

@globalwarmhugs7741

3 жыл бұрын

Phobias like that are there for a reason. I have never understood adrenaline junkies.

"Ha ha, Dad, funny joke pretending to fall into the canyon. Yeah, I see you all the way down there pretending to be dead. Now get back up here so we can finish the tour..."

@ninaorozco2115

3 жыл бұрын

😅

@dsmackk5

3 жыл бұрын

😆😆💚💚

@xFYCNxTR4G3DY

3 жыл бұрын

Lol Im kinda wondering how they know he was pulling a prank? Are we sure he didnt just fall the hell off the grand canyon? His daughter assumed he was joking, but that doesnt mean he didnt actually just fall off.

@reallyryan_

3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@kuwgukl5211

3 жыл бұрын

Teen rendered fatherless in 3-2-1- *dive*

My first visit to the Grand Canyon I bought a book that chronicled deaths at the park out of morbid curiosity. This video covered a few of the deaths off the rim of the canyon, but most of the deaths were in the canyon itself. Flash floods, heat stroke, dehydration, drowning in the Colorado river, scorpions, snakes; there are many more ways to die at the Grand Canyon than a failed selfie or prank gone wrong. EDIT: The book is "Over The Edge: Death in Grand Canyon"

@NorthernGreenEyes

3 жыл бұрын

Wow I'd love to read that!

@crystalrabine1688

3 жыл бұрын

Don't forget the snakes! We have a lot of snakes here.

@MrTak44

3 жыл бұрын

body dumps are also a problem.

@evadietz7359

3 жыл бұрын

That’s very true. Stupid people are usually the ones falling over the cliffs, but the unprepared and unlucky ones are usually those dying inside the actual canyon. Be safe out there everyone.

@davidhollenshead4892

3 жыл бұрын

Heat Stroke is the biggest issue at the GC. There are people who have heard that it is possible to hike to the river & back in a day, and then find out they are not in as great shape as they thought there were...

Why is it so many of these examples start with "climbed over the guard rail?" You can lead a horse to water...

@rickyjoehand3589

2 жыл бұрын

But you can't inflate a horse with helium

@MorrowindES17

2 жыл бұрын

Natural selection I suppose 🤷‍♂️🤣 watch me deify gravity !

Fortunately, my dad brought with him to our country “Death in Grand Canyon”, a book detailing every single death in the Grand Canyon since recorded history, and a book every single visitor to the Grand Canyon should read

@franziwischmann3659

3 жыл бұрын

Oh I hvae the book and another one called "Death at Glacier" as well! My fav books to read

@Tronomics2000

3 жыл бұрын

@@franziwischmann3659 There's also a 'Death in Yellowstone' too! I think they're all part of a series

@franziwischmann3659

3 жыл бұрын

@@Tronomics2000 I guess I need them all. Ive visited 29 Nat Parks Already and only have Three Books of Death. lol

@ianwalton284

3 жыл бұрын

Do they make a braille version?

@princesskristan

3 жыл бұрын

I HAVE THAT BOOK! I want to get the others in that series

Even if the prank didn't go wrong and cause in a death, I'd still be hella pissed if someone pretended to fall off a cliff to scare me.

@Sparrowash97

3 жыл бұрын

His stupidity is why his daughter didn’t even realise he had died

@ulalaFrugilega

3 жыл бұрын

I guess his daughter was, too, as she was used to this kind of "joke". Unfunny af at the best of times…

@sam-psonsmith9951

3 жыл бұрын

my thought exactly. making your child think that you just died is not a prank its messed up.

@belikereepicheep

3 жыл бұрын

It’s sort of like the ultimate “boy cried wolf” scenario, he’d given her so many fake scares no one took his death seriously

@thatjokerperson7062

3 жыл бұрын

You guys are hella stupid Who told u he was pranking her? Huh did he tell you? The dead person?

Also my great uncle was part of the search and recovery team at the grand Canyon. He would hike 20 miles a day to rescue people (mostly bodies). One time someone who was dizzy fell off the edge of the canyon. By the time my uncle got to him, rigor mortis had set in. The body had his hand sticking out at 90 degrees like to say "high five. " My uncle couldn't zip the arm into the body bag and so, not wanting to break his arm, he had the arm sticking out and zipped it as tight as he could. He hooked it up to a helicopter and he went to hike out. When he got the trailhead, his boss was there and said "next time you break his arm." The helicopter pilot flew the body over a popular viewing point and people thought it was so nice to see someone being rescued waving at them.

@thereisnosanctuary6184

3 жыл бұрын

Hope floats

@MsAggie78

3 жыл бұрын

I was all sad until the last sentence, then just died laughing.🤣🤣🤣🤣

@Iroh12345

3 жыл бұрын

Probably one of the best stories I've ever read in a youtube comments section

@vxlley_flower5672

3 жыл бұрын

I feel bad for laughing at that last part

@drebk

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂🤣🤣

I've been twice the North Rim. Both times I've seen people hopping the railing for pictures, scaling rocks to try to get some unique angle for the sunsets, and kids running up and down the paths. People see it as an attraction, and not the vast, deadly image of nature's power that it is.

@Steven-gs8oh

2 жыл бұрын

Ok? No one cares…

@sawyerolaf

2 жыл бұрын

@@Steven-gs8oh lots of people care, that's why 60 people liked his comment you clown

@G0DUSS0P

2 жыл бұрын

@@Steven-gs8oh you obviously do

@SincerelyVince

2 жыл бұрын

@@G0DUSS0P He's saying that for attention. Don't feed the pigeons.

@XanVicious

2 жыл бұрын

@@Steven-gs8oh nobody asked if anyone cares tho? xddd

When I visited they were LITERALLY fishing someone's body out, and then further down the path there were people climbing on a really precarious rock formation.

@Arterexius

3 жыл бұрын

Railings are the number one thing that tourists just don't understand the existence of. I'm a Dane and although we don't have canyons, we do have some fairly high calcium and sand based cliffs. While these cliffs don't have railings (that would be a futile effort as they constantly break apart at the edge), the trails are far in land and all tourists are told extensively NOT to wander off the trails, NOT to go near the edge of the cliffs and NOT to climb on the cliffs. Yet we've still ended up with a record of people, tourists and Danes alike, doing just that. Climbing up the cliffs can result in avalanches of dirt, clay, sand and loose calcium, which will bury the idiots alive (this is also told as the reason why not to climb the cliff sides). Standing on the edge can easily result in the edge breaking off and taking you with it into the void, as it is highly volatile. Yet this also happens. And finally, don't stand too close to the cliff, for the above mentioned reasons. Yet numerous people think its just old wives tales and ends up getting buried alive

@alukuhito

3 жыл бұрын

Literally? Like with a fishing rod?

@ashleigh1160

3 жыл бұрын

@@alukuhito uhhhh with rescue dudes actually

@alukuhito

3 жыл бұрын

@@ashleigh1160 I don't think you know what "literally" means.

@ashleigh1160

3 жыл бұрын

@@alukuhito seems like you literally don’t have anything better to do

I like how the creator encourages us to not think poorly about people who made these decisions. A person could make every possible good decision except one which leads to their death. Everyone makes bad decisions sometimes, it’s just that we were lucky enough to have those decisions not cost us our lives.

@adorablecockroach5131

2 жыл бұрын

It's possible to respect the loss of life while also saying how stupid their decisions are. I'm just wondering what thought processes would lead to gambling your life for the sake of an insignificant picture, or prank or to prove how macho you are. Were they insecure, under the influence, or were they simply not properly aware of the sheer danger they where in? I'm sure they were good people, but it is just baffling how someone can look at a fucking cliff and think messing around near it is a good idea. Just be careful people.

@ShroudedWolf51

2 жыл бұрын

@limelight81 There's a million reasons why that might happen. It might be a misjudgement of personal capabilities or of the dangers. It might be overconfidence or it might be fear. There's any number of reasons why these things can happen. And, the fact of the matter is that even a momentary lapse of judgement, a misunderstanding of the factors in play, or a simple miscalculation is really all that it takes. Let's not pretend that you never made a bad decision...whether it was unintentionally or it was calculated and caution deemed unnecessary.

@thereisnosanctuary6184

2 жыл бұрын

@@adorablecockroach5131 Yep. I fell off a six foot ladder completely flat on my back, on soft soil...and I just had to late there awhile until I realized if I was dead or not. Dangerous job, bro.

@con.troller4183

2 жыл бұрын

@limelight81 That wasn't a strawman. Just an opinion.

@FRLN500

2 жыл бұрын

@@ShroudedWolf51 overconfidence= stupidity, misjudgement = stupidity. Ignoring WARNING signs, climbing over guard rails, walking onto narrow ledges, sitting on the rim of a gorge are ALL signs of STUPIDITY! The people making comments on here are still alive, so, even if we all do something stupid occasionally, we haven't done anything as stupid as these idiots falling into the Grand Canyon.

I visited the southern rim of the Grand Canyon a few years ago. I was astounded at the number of people standing with the tip of their toes over the edge of a drop 500+ ft straight down and leaning over to look down. Not only was it windy enough to possibly make someone lose their balance, there were so many people doing it someone could easily bump into someone else on accident and send them flying over .The entire time security guards were yelling at the to step back from the canyons edge, but no one would listen. Idk if people think it's "cool" to put yourself in mortal danger like that? But it looked pretty stupid from where I was standing lol. Some of those rocks are so smooth and slippery near the edge of the canyon, it blows my mind how anyone would decide to get that close.

@chuckaule6292

2 жыл бұрын

this is how you know stupid people are overflowing the population. not even the warning signs are enough to stop them. eventually you just gotta let nature handle it.

@Kyle-xc3cu

2 жыл бұрын

Is it just me or if you just see someone being stupid in a life threatening act, you watch until they go back or see them fall down and watch them

@turkey4957

2 жыл бұрын

same went to the south rim a couple years ago and the crowds near the edge were crazy

@tinderbox218

2 жыл бұрын

People are morons.

@opwave79

2 жыл бұрын

Another good reason to stand away from the edge - you might get nudged and pushed over the edge by an overeager fellow visitor taking a picture.

I never got close to the edge. I was already dizzy from ten feet away. A young couple standing at the edge asked me if I could take their photo. I begged them to take a step or two closer to me before I took their picture. The wind was strong that day. People who aren’t afraid of heights don’t realize how often they risk their lives.

@mischiefroadtripadventures

Жыл бұрын

we were there on a windy day with our young daughters. It was terrifying! Bad enough watching foolish people getting too close to the edge while exploring. The winds were gusting. Watched teenagers defy their mom while finding seating to watch the sunset. She screamed at them and I didn't blame her! The kids were oblivious that it was a cliff, not a theater seat!

@isabellind1292

Жыл бұрын

@@mischiefroadtripadventures I wouldn't want to be a park ranger. They spend all their time having to verse grown adults in personal safety and how to conduct themselves in public because they think they're an exception to the rule.

@zarasbazaar

Жыл бұрын

Same here. We approached one of the more sheer overlooks and I was overcome with vertigo well back from the edge. I just sat down by a tree and watched the view from there. While watching other people I saw a toddler run towards the edge. He was caught by his father, who looked like he was about to faint after the incident.

@MrBarnettcm

Жыл бұрын

People who aren’t afraid of cars don’t know how often they risk their live

@yeetusfeetus7877

6 ай бұрын

@@MrBarnettcmThat is true. So many things are dangerous, and people rarely actually realize it until they are hurt or they see somebody being hurt or killed.

As someone who’s visited the Grand Canyon: it is truly a sight to behold, and instills a sense of awe and fear. You feel your stomach drop when you look down those hundreds of feet to the bottom. A majority of the rim has no railing, so it is easy to get to the edge. But still, have common sense. Don’t risk your life for a picture.

@maxhonneger3278

3 жыл бұрын

More like thousands of feet to the bottom. The Grand Canyon is one mile deep - that's 5,280 feet.

@EmeraldAshesAudio

3 жыл бұрын

I was surprised by how many of these deaths occurred in areas with railings. Intentionally climbing a railing seems a lot more foolish than getting a little too close to the edge in an area without any safety measures.

@Shoulderpads-mcgee

3 жыл бұрын

@@EmeraldAshesAudio well there are those who will climb two fences to get decapitated so what’s one little guard rail?

@cathyw8578

3 жыл бұрын

yeah like a railing gets built... its there for a reason... if u learn to take a decent photo u can take one from behind the railing... don't need to risk your life for that nice pic on insta

@erinrose14

3 жыл бұрын

You describing it gave me vertigo lol

“...the vast majority of them young and male...” Me, a young male: “Yeah, no shit!”

@skeleletonboi4533

3 жыл бұрын

oh for sure, my bf, 2 of his mates, and I went four wheel driving. All 4 of us were sitting out the windows as we were going along, I'm shocked none of us were hurt

@MoeMoon

3 жыл бұрын

@@skeleletonboi4533 but what if you're dead and this is your ghost telling that You're in denial?😱

@Novusod

3 жыл бұрын

Women don't have testosterone clouding their judgement.

@skeleletonboi4533

3 жыл бұрын

@@MoeMoon I'm chill with that, I'm happy with the life I lived

@od3910

3 жыл бұрын

@@Novusodwe do have testosterone. It's mainly how we raise boys to be ultra competitive and to not want to be perceived as weak (and like a woman) so they do stupid stuff to prove their "manliness".

Park: installs paths, railings, and walls, posts physical warning signs, hands out warning pamphlets, give verbal warnings, sends security personnel to give out yet further warnings in passing periodically throughout park hours People: MY STUPIDITY WILL NOT BE TAMED

@denebolamau6288

3 жыл бұрын

The same stupidity that keeps the COVID pandemic spreading....humans are not very bright.

@MintyGT

3 жыл бұрын

"A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools."

@jjcoola998

3 жыл бұрын

@@denebolamau6288 facts blood 🩸

@drebk

3 жыл бұрын

Aaand then the survivors sue the park for failing to make safe their attraction

@stokes2672

3 жыл бұрын

@@denebolamau6288 plan.demic. its fake as f

"Why do women live longer than men?" "Hey guys! Watch me leap between rocks above a thousand foot drop!"

@andrewgraves3529

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah but the 2nd girl that got vertigo was just told about it literally minutes before hand. Guys are "spur of the moment", women are supposed to be logical. Then again, we all got something to prove.

@theadvocate4698

3 жыл бұрын

I tought of that meme too!

@jorgewuzhear

3 жыл бұрын

As opposed to the romantic view of sitting at the edge? My wife tried to get to sit with her when we went. Told her ill pass, rather stand here and think about how I can invest this small fortune I'm about to acquire lol she didn't go through with it. And I belive a week after that it was some Asian elderly man, who was a tourist, fell from the same spot. This was at Horse Shoe bend. Also the Antelope Trail is not far but that is by reservation only but I highly recommend 👌

@fromach

3 жыл бұрын

I love how 1/4 replies(before this one) got the joke

@lazyhomebody1356

3 жыл бұрын

@MrPitjoey As a child, a girl child, I was the biggest daredevil of all the kids. So suck it

One of the deaths by falling was on April 11, 1993, when Robert Spangler pushed his wife Donna off a 140 ft cliff to her death, claiming that her fall was an accident which occurred when he wasn't looking. He eventually confessed.

@TanukiOkiyo

3 жыл бұрын

I remember that case. . Hope he does a video about Robert Spangler.

@carrieharp

3 жыл бұрын

I went to high school with his kids David and Susan. We were told at the time that his then-wife killed David and Susan, then herself. Quite a shock to see on TV that it was their dad who killed them.

@almond3066

3 жыл бұрын

@@carrieharp what was his motive?

@St.FighterZ

3 жыл бұрын

@@carrieharp he pushed his kids too!? Dayum.

@prosfilaes

3 жыл бұрын

@@St.FighterZ No, this guy killed his first family, and when he got tired of his third wife, shoved her off into the Grand Canyon. After he got liver cancer, the FBI got his confession to both crimes by playing on his ego about being a serial killer and having no reason not to confess.

imagine if your Grand Canyon tour guide chose this video as the safety video Edit: Ok??

@martinc.720

3 жыл бұрын

Ok??

@Juliet_Ghost

3 жыл бұрын

I'll ask for the link to the video.

@kam2894

3 жыл бұрын

@@martinc.720 ok?

@martinc.720

3 жыл бұрын

@@kam2894 I was just trying what the OP suggested: I imagined myself at the Grand Canyon, and then watching this video as the safety video. I was wondering "ok, then what?".

@myragroenewegen5426

3 жыл бұрын

I can't imagine a better introduction. It lists all the most common hazards and underlines them well without once attempting to sensationalize things with gratuity or a jump scare.

"...when they lost their footing." Starting to see a trend here. If there is one thing u don't want to lose, it's footing. Footing is very, very, important.

@treeguyable

2 жыл бұрын

Always carry an extra footing.

@johndolphmusic

2 жыл бұрын

@@treeguyable 🤣🤣🤣

@boldCactuslad

2 жыл бұрын

and never forget a towel

@algolin

2 жыл бұрын

very Seinfeldish

@treeguyable

2 жыл бұрын

@@algolin I agree.

I absolutely hate when parents make “pranks” like that. Like your children being traumatised thinking you've just died is funny to you?? tf is wrong with you.

@coloradorocky1298

3 жыл бұрын

They are immature

@bigmona2741

3 жыл бұрын

They are stupid

@daftlikejack

3 жыл бұрын

My dad was like this 😭 Yes it is immature and stupid. Don't do this to your children!

@AlphabetSoupABC

3 жыл бұрын

Apparently he had done stuff like this so often that it didn't even phase her

@rebeccah3715

3 жыл бұрын

My thought exactly; how is it funny to traumatize your child in that way? All it did was make her numb to the whole idea of his dying. She just walked away. What if he'd done something less dumb and just knocked himself out and could have been helped? Then he'd have been mad she'd walked away if he'd recovered; or she'd blame herself forever for letting him die or bleed to death. Terrorizing your child isn't a lapse in judgement; it's just cruel, in my opinion.

The dad pulling a prank on his daughter story hit pretty close to home to me cause my dad is exactly like that! I can't even imagine how she felt when she realized it wasn't a prank!

@ruthjones3065

3 жыл бұрын

also, what kind of parent thinks it is funny to pretend to die as a prank and scare the crap out of their child? The fact that the man actually died is a bit of karma---sorry he died and his daughter went through that trauma but holy hell, who thinks it is funny to fake their death to prank their child?

@jollymastermind1237

3 жыл бұрын

@@ruthjones3065 judging by the daughters first reaction to ignore him he probably did goofy stuff like that all the time and knew she wouldn't freak out. My dad does similar stuff too

@kevinmathewson4272

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah that was awful.

@Kodeb8

3 жыл бұрын

@@jollymastermind1237 that's why the story hits me so hard, because my dad does similar stuff too!

@jollymastermind1237

3 жыл бұрын

@Black Lives Dont Matter Judging by your comment and user name- does spouting off hate and unnecessary comments make you feel better? Cause it speaks volumes of how sad and pathetic of a person you actually are

I can't even begin to imagine how incredible the canyons of Mars must be. Not only does Mars have one of the largest volcanos in the solar system, it also has canyons that are much larger and deeper than the grand canyon.

@everythingfeline7367

3 жыл бұрын

I remember reading that you can't see the top of the biggest volcano from the base due to the curvature of the planet, and falling off a cliff at the base would bring several minutes of falling. Insane

@mayday6916

2 жыл бұрын

The Valles Marineris canyons are 6 kilometers deep... and the gravity is around 1/3 of Earth's, so I'd stay way away from the edge! :-)

@Carbon_Based_Life_Form

2 жыл бұрын

@@mayday6916 they're actually 7-8 kilometers

@anjou6497

2 жыл бұрын

Yes but no McDonalds.

@concept5631

2 жыл бұрын

@@anjou6497 Good.

I’ve been to the Grand Canyon 3 times, and have seen at least one person nearly fall every time. I’m always surprised the death toll isn’t higher.

@sirpudding8934

3 жыл бұрын

It probably is much higher but no one saw them fall.

@tranquilrabies

3 жыл бұрын

Holy shit. It must be scary to see that.

@CaptainCaterpillars

3 жыл бұрын

They often find bodies (which are nothing but bones at that point) years after the fact. I live near Williams. AZ and we hear about it all the time. So when you think about it, the death count is likely much higher but we just haven’t found all the bodies yet.

@ShaudaySmith

3 жыл бұрын

@@CaptainCaterpillars that's a good point. people who simply get lost in the canyon, or fall but have no one to account for them. It very well may be much higher...

@mikexxxmilly

3 жыл бұрын

@@CaptainCaterpillars No telling how many sets of human remains are down there

If your super interested in this topic, there is a great book called "Over the Edge: Death In The Grand Canyon" which covers literally all of the know deaths in the park. From falls, murder, dehydration, suicide, drowning, and of course stupidity. It goes into the backstory behind many of the victims and is a very interesting read (not just macabre).

@summerbreeze3090

3 жыл бұрын

@@gingahsnixx Thank you for showing this.

@oldageisdumb

3 жыл бұрын

I bought that book while visiting the Grand Canyon a few years ago. I’m never going back lol. But in reality, most of the deaths were either from stupidity or poor planning while hiking

@jt4513

3 жыл бұрын

@@oldageisdumb that's how I discovered the book as well! And yeah, a lot of the deaths were due to stupidity or inexperience in dealing with mother nature, but its worth noting a lot a seasoned adventurers and explorers never made it out of the canyon as well. It's a dangerous place.

@oldageisdumb

3 жыл бұрын

@@jt4513 Yes, good point. Not just the underprepared. In fact, the canyon has taken so many experienced folks that now I’m scared to hear of anyone going in. There is a super nice family on my son’s baseball team that are planning on going this summer and hiking rim to rim in one day. I’m trying to be nice and supportive on the outside but I’m really thinking, “you’re going to het lost and dehydrated and die!!” I’m the type of person that shouldn’t have read the book 😆

@jt4513

3 жыл бұрын

@@oldageisdumb as long as they let someone know where/ when they plan to hike and bring plenty of water, they should be fine. But I get what you mean, after reading the book I think more carefully about planning hikes!

I live in AZ and in the fourth grade, my elementary school took us on a field trip to the Grand Canyon. It was winter and there was literally thin ice and snow covering where we were walking 😭 I remember being so scared walking on some parts bc I was well aware I literally could slip and fall into the canyon

Not knowing what to do, the tourist SNAPPED PHOTOS OF HIS DEATH???? HUH

@sirpudding8934

3 жыл бұрын

Just like journalist have done for over a hundred years.

@Starstruck_Seven

3 жыл бұрын

Shock makes you do weird shit, I guess?

@stonecoldsteveaustin9353

3 жыл бұрын

seems like an appropriate response

@KatastrophicNoodle

3 жыл бұрын

Lowkey annoyed he didn't show the pics tho

@jturtle5318

3 жыл бұрын

The pictures will show the exact spot where he fell. The park rangers would likely find that useful.

The worst thing about falling into the grand canyon is that it's so deep you've got plenty of time to think about it on the way down..

@shoechew

3 жыл бұрын

wheeeeeeee

@CYBER_N0T

3 жыл бұрын

“Oh fuuuuuuuuu-“

@williammiller7662

3 жыл бұрын

Right on, it's not the fall but the sudden stop at the bottom!!!

@valletas

3 жыл бұрын

Not really... People usually think we fall much slower then we actually do you would only have at maximum 5-10 seconds before you hit the ground

@carnbyarst670

3 жыл бұрын

@@valletas there's going to be an acute sense of regret and self reproach in those 5-10 seconds..

I was riveted by a level of fear and respect for the obvious. My big mistake was wading into the edge of the River at the bottom. AS the gravel bottom rapidly washed loosely under my feet I just managed to spin around and get the hell out of the water. There have been countless events of this kind of death there also. I cooled off in the smaller ice-cold stream at Phantom Ranch on the floor of the canyon, after that experience.

Dad was the greatest prankster of all time . And the guy who said “watch me” what a performance 🎭.

Let this be a lesson to not immediately stand up after sitting on the rim, crawl to a safe area first so that if you lose your balance you just fall on your bum and not to your death

@aliceheatherlogan

3 жыл бұрын

I actually do this when I'm near an edge anywhere up high like mountains etc. Looks stupid but I'd rather not risk falling

@Charlie-nu8gc

3 жыл бұрын

yeah like who thinks "hmm let me immediately stand up at the edge of this very tall cliff"

@SienAppelsien

3 жыл бұрын

@@aliceheatherlogan yeah or just like an edge where there is just a few meters height difference... I have experienced dizziness before while being at a height because it scares me so I made it a habit of crawling to a safe distance before standing up

@sheepkind

3 жыл бұрын

but also don’t cross the guard rails

@sarahmcglasson3064

3 жыл бұрын

How about people just stop going that close to the edge like idiots in the first place

I was at yellowstone, and there was an elderly couple getting their picture taken. The person taking their picture kept telling them to back up and back up. Not realizing it they almost fell off the cliff, my parents told them to stay were they were. It’s scary how fast something like that can happen

@username-mk4qv

3 жыл бұрын

The idiot taking their photo couldn’t back up themselves? Holy shit whoever that was almost killed two people.

@anevilrotisserie9136

3 жыл бұрын

@@username-mk4qv I think it was the son or daughter looking for a payout.

@username-mk4qv

3 жыл бұрын

@@anevilrotisserie9136 I wish I could just take this as a dark joke, but sadly that scenario is all too plausible. I’m still upset over poor Chloe Weigand, like I still think her parents set up her death just to sue the cruise.

@PointlessRhetoric

3 жыл бұрын

Jesus this might be the dumbest thing I've read because I can totally believe it.

@helenhoward5346

3 жыл бұрын

@@username-mk4qv I can't believe parents could actually do that. It makes us suspicious of legitimate accidents. But yeah, that shit was no damn accident though. I hope that poor baby girl didn't suffer. Still think pops needs to be in a cell after that surveillance video revealed all.

Your last example was a guy who had to be rescued the week before. It's true that it was just a momentary lapse of judgement. I think it's also true that it for many of them it was also the last in a long series of habitual poor judgement. When you don't value your own life enough to think through potentially dangerous choices, that's habitual. It's partly chance or fate, but it's also partly a careless intentional decision.

I was hiking the Bright Angel trail with my husband and nephew a couple of years ago. I was wearing hiking shoes and using hiking sticks. All was well except one misstep and I slipped on lose rock trying to step aside for passing hikers. About had a heart attack while trying not to fling over the edge. Fortunately I caught myself and just stepped back to the inside of the trail ledge to catch my breath. Definitely respect gravity and balance! I would hike it again but it's a feeling I'll never forget!

"oh my god that kid is dying" Proceeds to take pictures of him with his own camera.

@quagmiretoiletgaming

3 жыл бұрын

What else can you do, it's strange that was his first instinct though

@brianm120

3 жыл бұрын

i mean, the guy did ask them to take his picture

@NoNameEst1992

3 жыл бұрын

I feel like I would do the same, maybe just something in the back of my head telling me I need proof for the authorities for some reason, maybe subconsciously trynna find a way to have proof you didn't push the person off, I dunno but feel like I would do it aswell but can't really explain why I would

@juzam6

3 жыл бұрын

@@quagmiretoiletgaming it might have been in his culture to honor the last words of a person

@oldageisdumb

3 жыл бұрын

The Grand Canyon is massive with so many nooks and crannies it can be impossible for emergency services to locate bodies at times. It’s morbid, but also possible the person with the camera was thinking it might be helpful for authorities in locating the body

Found out my dad watches this channel sometimes. We sat at the dinner table talking about amusement park disasters.

@madcatt09

3 жыл бұрын

Lol nice

@evadietz7359

3 жыл бұрын

That’s really cool!

@lazyhomebody1356

3 жыл бұрын

Bonding at its best!

@ydoomenaud

3 жыл бұрын

I think this ended up in my Recommends because of Defunctland.

@JS-024

3 жыл бұрын

Lol aw I love that

When we were there, I bought the book "Death in the Grand Canyon". Truly interesting and fascinating about people's perception of the canyon. Some people complain that the trails aren't paved & it seems like they never take enough water.

Happens ALMOST EVERY YEAR here. This ain't Disneland. Keep your hands on your kids, keep your face to the edge, respect railings, and look out for gusting winds!

Just visited the Grand Canyon yesterday and today. You cannot fathom how big the canyon is. It’s so massive that it’s like looking at giant unmoving picture. Depth Perception ceases to function because it’s so big.

@wabi_sabi_vida

Жыл бұрын

I told my husband that it made me feel like crying and puking at the same time. I was only mildly enthusiastic at the idea of going there. I didn't get it until I stood there and looked out. It's the definition of stunning.

@EveryonesHiro88

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I was going to reply something similar. I’ve never had a reaction to or would consider myself scared of heights but the size of the canyon really boggles the mind. There were a few times I stared out too far or long and felt woozy. It’s like your mind can’t comprehend the vastness and freaks out a bit. I had to just kind of tell my mind it wasn’t real or it was just a mural a few times I was doing the hike. Super amazing experience that I think everyone should see but definitely dangerous if you don’t keep your wits about you. Not to mention the fact that if you’re hiking in the sun and heat you can over exert yourself and get dizzy or faint from dehydration.

@GodStillHatesUs

Жыл бұрын

I’ve never been but always wanted to. Will definitely keep the kids close and that we all follow the rules. I’m not risking anything for a giant hole in the ground.

@nickmonk7945

Жыл бұрын

@@EveryonesHiro88 sounds amazing! Shout outs from Australia 👋

@bubzilla6137

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Yeah, I tell people that it's impossible to describe and that you have to see it in person for yourself to truly understand it's size and beauty. When I was there in 2017, we happened to stay long enough for sunset. That's an even higher level of beauty I cannot recommend enough! It brought tears to my eyes. It is just as dangerous as it is beautiful though. I went off course a couple times and quickly learned why they told us not to. There are way more loose gravel areas than you'd think and you can't tell until you're standing on them. I never fell but my feet slid just a couple inches, more than enough to make my life flash before my very eyes. And sitting on a ledge at the top made me dizzy too, but while I was still sitting. I had to back up while still sitting and get far enough from the ledge before standing and crossing back to the correct side of the railing. You'd be amazed how many people, even kids that couldn't be older than 10 or so, were climbing over the railing to get closer to the edge. In hindsight, it's actually amazing there are ONLY 50ish deaths recorded there in over 100 years!