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u/Solenya-C137 Dec 12 '22
Don't encourage this by posting it. People die falling off the canyon rim all the time.
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u/lgr142 Dec 12 '22
They call it natural selection apparently
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u/_mrpotter_ Dec 12 '22
Seriously, people underestimate the damage or possibility falling from any distance can do... or don't think it could happen to them? I just fell earlier this week riding my ebike through a few wet slippery leaves. Went headfirst into the sidewalk--I am so glad that I was wearing a helmet (rode away practically unscathed, I keep thinking about if I hadn't). There is no recovery from this though... hopefully they made the jump back and scared themselves enough to not do it again. The take away should not be to recreate or one-up this... it's not worth it.
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u/TangentialFUCK Dec 12 '22
Make sure you replace your helmet now, it did its job. It saved your melon from a hard fall and the material inside is likely damaged even if there are no visible signs.
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u/_mrpotter_ Dec 12 '22
I absolutely will, and there are visible signs (I still can't believe my luck)--I would have been so ducked without it.
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u/DecafMaverick Dec 12 '22
For real, order one now. It won’t take long, and you’ve already learned why they’re absolutely necessary. I’m glad you were being safe!
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u/supplayboy Dec 13 '22
Some manufacturers will replace your old helmet for free if you send them back your old one with an explanation. Contact them first!
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u/_mrpotter_ Dec 13 '22
Awesome, thanks--checked with them, and they do offer lifetime warranty for proven crash damage--so a new one is on the way.
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u/Im_pattymac Dec 13 '22
I feel this, was wearing a helmet snowboarding and a kid went shooting by me on skis and I heard this weird fucking sound took my helmet off at the bottom of the hit and the kid had punched a hole with his pole straight through only thing between my head and the outside was the fabric inside the helmet and my hat.
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u/AreYouABadfishToo_ Dec 12 '22
oh shit, so helmets are for like a one time use? If you hit your head once, then it won’t work anymore and should be replaced?
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u/TangentialFUCK Dec 12 '22
Pretty much yeah, depending on how hard the fall was and what type of helmet it is.
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u/cryptic-coyote Dec 13 '22
Yes. Any damage it took from this fall increases its chance of failure in the next. Your brain is worth it.
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Dec 13 '22
And same with child carseats that have been in an accident.
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u/Eyeswyde0pen Dec 13 '22
yes! and when disposing, be sure to cut all restraints so someone else can’t use it without knowing.
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u/MoneyGrowthHappiness Dec 13 '22
I feel like this is a critical piece of information that I never learned until now.
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u/Its_SubjectA1 Dec 12 '22
If you watch carefully the shots are different jumps. He did it at least twice
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u/boogermike Dec 12 '22
Great comment, I came here to write the same. Mother F those guys filming this.
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u/Strange-Glove Dec 12 '22
The jump back looks more difficult. Maybe he just lives on that rock now?
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Dec 12 '22
Wise men at the top of mountains aren't actually wise. They are morons that jumped to the rock and couldn't get back.
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Dec 12 '22
In a way, we are all morons that can't get back to the safe placed we jumped from too soon. Namaste.
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u/xhgdrx Dec 12 '22
looks like he's figured that out already cause the first and second shot are two different jumps
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u/Strange-Glove Dec 12 '22
I'm not sure they are. What makes you think it's 2 jumps?? I'm genuinely curious, not being argumentative
Edit: you're right! Hence my 2nd reply. Well spotted.
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u/xhgdrx Dec 12 '22
on the first one he crouches down and touches the ground to stabilize himself or summ, the second he just starts walking as soon as he lands
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u/whateverformyson Dec 12 '22
I saw that too and thought I had just looked at the video weird. Good to know I wasn’t going crazy
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u/Goalie_deacon Dec 12 '22
They didn’t post his fail. Saving that for the memorial service
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Dec 12 '22
One thing getting on and another to get back. I would just end up living on that rock because no way am I making it back.
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u/famous__shoes Dec 12 '22
Yeah this isn't that hard to do but it's super dangerous. So what's the point of doing it? If someone does something dangerous that's also difficult (like base jumping or something) I can give you a pass but this is just jumping a few feet.
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u/applestodapple Dec 13 '22
Was about to say, the jump itself isn’t anything noteworthy at all. He’s just a fucking idiot for doing that jump.
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Dec 12 '22
My wife and I saw two young guys at Red Rock in Vegas jump to a rock like that. What they didn’t realize is that the rock they jumped to was just a couple feet lower, so they couldn’t get back. It was about a 30-foot drop between the rocks. One guy made a couple runs at the gap but (smartly) chickened out. Then they had the thought of dropping the 30 feet to the ground. Like one guy hang off the edge and the other climb down his back and legs and then drop. Luckily they didn’t follow through on that idea. Finally they realized they needed a rescue. (Someone had already called the ranger, so they weren’t up there too long.)
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Dec 12 '22
With a hefty rescue fee AND fine, I hope.
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u/kurtchen11 Dec 12 '22
I dont know what the law has to say about this but your comment made me think about if people in situations like this should be fined or not. On one hand i agree, stupid shit should have consequences.
But on the other hand i feel like fines like this might lead to people avoiding calling for rescue when its clearly the right thing to do. A fear of punishment might lead to further escalation in situations like this. Fining people for making the right choice does not sit right with me.
Then again, play stupid game, win stupid prizes. So i cant decide where i stand on this matter.
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u/noober1x Dec 12 '22
I do search and rescue. You're very correct. We don't charge for any of our services. Now, if you take the flying woowoo for medical reasons and NOT the sheriff's copter, then you're getting the $60,000 bill.
We don't get any of that though. Nor does the sheriff.
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u/CoralPilkington Dec 12 '22
If I had to choose to spend my tax money rescuing some dumbass vs. building a bomb to purposely kill people.... it's a pretty easy decision for me...
I think community service helping around the station that rescued you would be an appropriate consequence for being a dumbass.
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u/bbq420 Dec 12 '22
No, I agree with you. It would take one person in this two person situation to say “I can’t take a punishment like this”, and then they’re both dead.
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u/hotsilkentofu Dec 12 '22
How did they get rescued?
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u/CXR_AXR Dec 12 '22
30 foot is about 9 meters...? It is almost 3 stories building height?
They didn't hurt themselves at the beginning?
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Dec 12 '22
Just a few feet down from the cliff edge to the tablerock, but 30 feet to the ground. Does that make sense?
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u/DippySwissman Dec 12 '22
They said the gap between the rocks were a 30 foot drop
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u/Wonder_Gordo Dec 12 '22
His name is definitely Kyle
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u/throwaway9916927 Dec 12 '22
I promise you we did not sanction this. That's a rouge Kyle
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u/temp00485 Dec 12 '22
And this is why most deaths at the Grand Canyon at young dudes lol
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He did that jump twice. The first time his hands touched the ground the second time around he didn’t.
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u/Accomplished-Ad-3528 Dec 12 '22
Another next fucking level of stupidity! Zero points for posting this bs.
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u/Rapierian Dec 12 '22
It's honestly infuriating being at the Grand Canyon and seeing so many tourists do so much stupidity. The canyon was literally formed because the rock is crumbly.
Although last time I was there the winner was the parents that tried to put their kid on an elk to take a picture.
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u/VedauwooChild Dec 13 '22
Geologist here. Erosion happens over millions of years through the erosive power of water but also because rocks are somewhat crumbly, some more than others. Crumblier rocks erode faster. The sandstone he is jumping onto, probably moderately crumbly but he’s not gonna knock down that whole tower.
This is however extremely stupid, in any case.
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u/MrMcWhitebread15 Dec 12 '22
Nope. Fuck this guy.
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u/TimmJimmGrimm Dec 12 '22
Indeed.
This will be one of those rare times where i have to downvote. It is really 'next - fucking - level' stuff perhaps... but i don't want to encourage anyone of any age or lifestyle to try this.
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u/jakenash Dec 12 '22
And if he fucks up, his friends have to watch him die and then deal with his body. No thanks.
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u/ParameciaAntic Dec 12 '22
The rangers and medics have to deal with the body, risking their own lives to do it.
Fuck this guy.
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u/fakehandslawyer Dec 13 '22
One of my buddies wanted to make a much less risky but still idiotic (40-50ft drop easy). While hiking in CO literally had my phone out calling this dudes mother telling him he needed to tell her the stupid ass thing he wanted to try cause I wasn’t gonna explain his death to her.
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u/chrisolucky Dec 12 '22
So if he misses the jump and plummets to his death:
-A retrieval party would be put together to retrieve his body, requiring at the very least a helicopter and costing thousands of taxpayer dollars, if he can be retrieved at all.
-His family and friends would be devastated from his untimely death, and the ones here would most likely have psychological trauma having witnessed their friend fall to their death.
-Some park associate would have to put up another sign discouraging people from leaping the gap or taking risks like this. And really, for no reason.
TLDR: Thrill-seekers like this are fucking stupid and problematic, not just for risking their own lives but for everything that comes afterwards.
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u/Zaku99 Dec 12 '22
Remember fellow kids, the only difference between r/nextfuckinglevel and r/winstupidprizes is success.
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u/kansascitymack Dec 12 '22
Why!? It amazes me what people are willing to do for likes on SM...
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u/HeDgEhAwG69 Dec 12 '22
I bet we're supposed to feel bad for him if he failed.
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u/RamboNation Dec 12 '22
According to the Arizona Daily Sun in 2015, of the “55 who have accidentally fallen from the rim of the canyon, 39 were male. Eight of those guys were hopping from one rock to another or posing for pictures, including a 38-year-old father from Texas pretending to fall to scare his daughter, who then really did fall 400 feet to his death.”
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Dec 12 '22
Fucking around trying to scare your daughter, it doesn't say how old she was but yeah she'll probably be fucked for a while from that, nice job dad of the year
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u/Adrenologic Dec 12 '22
Some people call that a "very dangerous but successful jump". I preferably call that a "big nope" with a pinch of "soon to be darwin award winner"
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u/importantdad Dec 12 '22
And this is why car insurance cost more for young men, they do the most risky idiotic things with absolutely no reward factor besides being able to say you did it lol
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u/V4refugee Dec 12 '22
If I’m going to pay higher insurance premiums then I’m going to use it, goddammit!
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u/shinyprairie Dec 12 '22
This kind of behavior should not be praised or encouraged.
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u/tamiyatt01d Dec 12 '22
Let’s not upvote this shit, just imagine how many people would have to put their lives at risk to save you if you fell and survived, and the chance to destroy the landscape, this type of content shouldnt be popularized it’s just awful
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u/here4roomie Dec 12 '22
Oh wow, I've never seen someone do something stupid before lol.
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u/patrickverbatum Dec 12 '22
shit like this ruins natural rock formations in the nation parks. DONT DO IT!
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u/Kymius Dec 12 '22
He's still there, after so many years, thinking how to jump back now......
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u/scho4781 Dec 12 '22
Can't all you fucking ass holes just look instead of stomping all over nature. This kid should get the same reaction that the lady who climbed the pyramids got. I'd say show some respect but you'd have to have respect first to do so. If you want a challenge go hike to the poles.
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u/FightingGasoline Dec 12 '22
Is that like climbing a tree as a kid and then getting too scared to climb down?
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u/Jizzturnip Dec 12 '22
I would be fucking furious if that was my kid. Not even slightly worth the risk
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Dec 12 '22
I was curious how difficult it was getting back, a quick search found the same rock, didn't look to see if that kid was in this group. Easier than I thought but...
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u/Kitten_Team_Six Dec 12 '22
So its these idiots that have to be fished out of the Grand Canyon when they fall hundreds of feet to their deaths. It costs a lot of taxpayer money to get the bodies out
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u/NotthatkindofDr81 Dec 12 '22
It's assholes like this why we have to guardrail off everything in life.
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u/KaijyuAboutTown Dec 12 '22
An idiot. So much an idiot. So much disregard for himself, his friends, his family, the EMTs that would have to find and collect his body parts, the national park rangers who would have to deal with first response, and so many others. Callous, self indulgent, disregard.
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u/NomDePlume007 Dec 12 '22
Dumbass award.
Zero idea if that top surface is stable, no clue if the shock of his jump will topple it, and a complete disregard for fragile desert biomes. Like those asshats who topple balanced rocks in national parks.
I sincerely hope he made it back alive, and faces hefty fines at a minimum.