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lostincalifornia

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14. There are bars and warning signs to tell people not to go beyond that point. At least they were

Reply to CreekDog (Reply #13)

Tue Mar 18, 2014, 10:39 PM

Mar 2014

There outside the area I was at

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Texas Man Falls 350 Feet to His Death at Grand Canyon [View all] Hissyspit Mar 2014 OP

Was he a banker? pipoman Mar 2014 #1

good question. flying_wahini Mar 2014 #3

A man just died nobodyspecial Mar 2014 #19

So have about 20 bankers in very similar ways. .. pipoman Mar 2014 #23

the barrier wall is there for a reason and no hat is that important. hobbit709 Mar 2014 #32

I don't know what happened in this case, but there are a lot of idiots who visit the Grand Canyon lostincalifornia Mar 2014 #2

Indeed. There are signs all over the place. longship Mar 2014 #5

Or, they think the signs are there for legal reasons only, kentauros Mar 2014 #7

Maybe levp Mar 2014 #10

The man was from Texas theHandpuppet Mar 2014 #24

I know, I know levp Mar 2014 #31

the Grand Canyon isn't fenced CreekDog Mar 2014 #13

There are bars and warning signs to tell people not to go beyond that point. At least they were lostincalifornia Mar 2014 #14

I spent a summer working at the Grand Canyon. Cracklin Charlie Mar 2014 #15

My family went to the Grand Canyon when I was a child Aerows Mar 2014 #38

wonder if it was suicide NeoConsSuck Mar 2014 #4

Such a tragedy greatlaurel Mar 2014 #6

Sorry for the dupe - Failure To Read Thread in the First Degree! hatrack Mar 2014 #21

No problem, that book needs as many rec's as we can give it! greatlaurel Mar 2014 #22

On one of my visits mercymechap Mar 2014 #8

When I was at the Park I saw some stupid things packman Mar 2014 #9

There are, indeed, too many stupid tourists out there. kentauros Mar 2014 #12

OMG the things I've seen people do around alligators Aerows Mar 2014 #39

Here's one for you Aerows Mar 2014 #40

That looks like something from, or the inspiration of, kentauros Mar 2014 #41

"Over The Edge: Death In Grand Canyon" - weird and fascinating book hatrack Mar 2014 #20

That book is sitting on my shelf right now mainer Mar 2014 #25

I had the fortune of doing a 16 day dory trip down the Canyon... adirondacker Mar 2014 #27

Lots and lots of signs but oldandhappy Mar 2014 #11

Mt. Washington has lost about 180 people. Hoppy Mar 2014 #16

I guess retrieving a hat is better than the idiot who fell when I was a kid Sen. Walter Sobchak Mar 2014 #17

I had an image of Shrub reaching for his cowboy hat.... Flying Squirrel Mar 2014 #18

Can't even call Darwin on this. At 53, he had the chance to reproduce treestar Mar 2014 #26

Texas Man was jealous of Florida Man getting all the attention. eom tarheelsunc Mar 2014 #28

When I visit the National Parks, I like talking to the Rangers... Xolodno Mar 2014 #29

Niagara Falls, Canada TrogL Mar 2014 #35

Arizona: At the Grand Canyon, 683 scary stories, all true tenderfoot Mar 2014 #30

mule rides are safest way to see the canyon Scout Mar 2014 #33

I used to work for the Niagara Parks Commission TrogL Mar 2014 #34

i used to date a girl with absloutely no fear of heights dembotoz Mar 2014 #36

I am at The Canyon this week and next, for work Nac Mac Feegle Mar 2014 #37