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-Short Attention Span Theater-
This week at the South Rim
2019-04-24
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) ‐ Another visitor to Grand Canyon National Park has died after falling over the edge of the South Rim, authorities said Tuesday.

A 70-year-old woman fell about 200 feet (61 meters) over the rim, the second over-the-edge death this month within the confines of the park, according to Grand Canyon officials.

The woman had been walking about 200 to 300 feet (61 to 91 meters) off a trail along the South Rim about a mile (1.6 kilometers) east of Mather Point. Park rangers got a call just after 1 p.m. that she needed help west of a popular overlook called Pipe Creek Vista.

"She fell before we could undertake a rescue," said Grand Canyon spokesman John Quinley, adding that the circumstances of the call for help were unclear.

Quinley said the woman fell between Mather Point and the starting point for the South Kaibab Trail, two well-known and highly visited places at the park’s more popular South Rim.
Posted by:Besoeker

#8  Fill it in. For the children.
Posted by: Iblis   2019-04-24 13:13  

#7  So few people today have the understanding that nature will kill them, without mercy. That the world is not SAFE. Gravity doesn't give a crap about you, it hauls you down an inch or a mile.
Posted by: Silentbrick   2019-04-24 12:36  

#6  ...I suspect that it works better in the horizontal plane rather than vertical plane.
Posted by: P2kontheroad   2019-04-24 11:32  

#5  so the “I’ve fallen and can’t get up” push button thingie doesnt work?
Posted by: USN, Ret.   2019-04-24 10:19  

#4  ^ We must ask why Donald Trump caused this woman to go over the edge.
Posted by: Raj   2019-04-24 10:13  

#3  Gravity - why does it hate us?
Posted by: Warthog   2019-04-24 08:52  

#2  I've hiked that area. Lots of loose rock near the canyon edge. You're walking on eroding rock structure.

I always carry a 50-ft length of para-cord, clamps and assorted crevice grips if I'm photographing near or over a canyon edge. I do tie myself off and connect to a carabiner on my heavy mesh belt, plus crawl on my belly to reach the edge.

Not OSHA, but it's kept me from going over more than once.
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2019-04-24 08:31  

#1  Lets apply Liberal ____ Control logic to this situation.

We must either ban access to the Grand Canyon or Visitors MUST obtain a $200 Background fitness certification document
Posted by: NoNeed2No    2019-04-24 08:16  

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