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One Giant Leap of Madness

2008 Reader Submission
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Normally, when someone goes to the Grand Canyon, they normally admire the views and the scenery that this natural wonder has to offer. However, one tourist decided to get more out of the experience then most.

After spending most of the day there, and consuming a six-pack of beer (probably high strength stuff), he decided to leap from the safety of the observation deck, in order to soak up some rays at this natural wonder. This in itself, is already a dumb idea. But it gets much better.

Several hours passed and our drunken "daredevil" decided to video the sunset, but the only problem was, the vantage point that he had acquired was not good enough for him. So in the infinite wisdom a drunken person has, decided to leap to a plith nearby in order to get a better look... at a sunset. The distance between the two locations was, this is a round figure, 2 metres tops.

Leaping from plith and plith on the Grand Canyon is something that is normally done by professionals or people experiencing VR. But somehow, he managed to reach the plith, with his camera equipment under his arm. It seams that this guy is determined to get the best experience possible at this natural wonder.

Onlookers looked bemused at this amazing feat of ill-judgement, but he didn't realise that he needed to jump back in order to get to safety. Because the rocky plith that he had stationed himself was lower then the one that he jumped from, this meant he had to jump back to his original starting point, with camera equipment, in order to return to the observation deck. On his return he only just made it and slowly climbed back up to safety were the jaws of the onlookers dropped faster then Dwain Chambers running the 100m on substances. Everything survived, unfortunately. An eye-witness account states:

"He didn't grab the rock properly the first time and slipped about 50cm before clinging on to it. Even then he didn't looked fazed."

So we could have had full Honours here. Instead it is just an Honourable Mention.

By the way, did I mention he was wearing Flip-Flops.

So what can we conclude from this. I know this only classifies as an Honourable Mention, but jumping from plith and plith in a drunken state in order to get a better vantage point of a sunset is an amazing lack of judgement, even if you decide to do it in Flip-Flops. It maybe only a matter of time that our "Daredevil" gains full mention.

Submitted on 05/23/2008

Submitted by: David
Reference: Daily Express UK May 23rd 2008

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Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: Honorable Mention
Here's a link to an article complete with a photograph: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/2009318/Grand-Canyon-tourist's-deaf-defying-leap.html. I'll give this fellow the nod for drinking & jumping with only flip-flops. Thanks, David!


Candi said:
Definitely Keep: Honorable Mention
Jumping that distance and terrain is bad enough, but in FLIP-FLOPS!!! I guess the alcohol (aka gene pool chlorinator) wasn't strong enough! Thanks,David!


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