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Nac Mac Feegle

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37. I am at The Canyon this week and next, for work

Thu Mar 20, 2014, 12:30 AM

Mar 2014

This has been quite a conversation topic among the 'locals', and they lost another one today (Wednesday) in the river at the West end.

These people don't realize that it HUNDREDS, if not THOUSANDS of FEET. STRAIGHT. F***ING. DOWN.

You DO NOT mess around this type of stuff. We have safety equipment, like belts and harnesses, when we work on our equipment on the edge.

This is Arizona. It's a Desert. That means very little water. And high temperatures. Even up here at The Canyon, it's dry. And exertion will dehydrate you even quicker. And we still get people that try to do rim-to-rim in a day with a can of Coke.

"Over the Edge" is a very useful book, it's updated every two years, I seem to remember. Because people insist on competing for Darwin Awards.

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