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Read Over the Edge: Death in the Grand Canyon
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Losing balance just for a second can send children careening down the cliff struggling to find something to hold onto. Though these opportunities might provide great YouTube clips and family portraits, it’s an incredibly dangerous position to be in. Off the paths and behind the walls, children can find small cracks to climb down into giving the perception of falling into the depths only to pop back up with a smile and ‘ta da!’ coming out of their mouths. Spend a Saturday at Bright Angel Overlook, and it’s not uncommon to see children balancing on the short rock wall overlooking the canyon. If traveling with young children make sure to tell them about the dangers of playing on the rim. Natalie was the youngest confirmed falling death in the Grand Canyon and a reminder about the potential dangers of letting your children explore the rim. Natalie’s father scrambled down the canyon’s wall to try and rescue her, but she was pronounced dead at the scene after CPR was performed. In 2007 tragedy rocked the park when 4-year-old Natalie Yeargan fell more than 400 feet from Mather Point. Always Watch the Kids Near the Rim and On Trails Trust us, the odds of survival are not good if you start to fall. If it does, the gathering momentum can take a person hundreds, if not thousands of feet down into the canyon in a matter of seconds. Since the Grand Canyon is ever changing and the southwestern rock can crumble at any moment, a ledge that appears stable may fall out unexpectedly. This means the ground beneath your feet is actually paper-thin due to erosion that has carved out the canyon wall beneath you. One of the largest dangers with walking out on the rim is that though the ground may look stable, underneath it can be undercut. The person in the below video was lucky that she could recover her footing. Many falling deaths have occurred when visitors decided to leave paved paths to get a better vantage point. It might sound like a joke at first, but the words of advice are dead on. “Remember this isn’t Disneyland,” Grand Canyon rangers will tell you if they see you reaching out over the edge to snap the perfect photograph. Planning on exploring the canyon rim? Then make sure to stick to the paved paths. Read these safety tips to make your vacation a happy experience. We want you to have fun at the Grand Canyon, but be safe. On average, two to three deaths per year are from falls over the rim, park spokeswoman Kirby-Lynn Shedlowski says. Grand Canyon National Park had 6,254,238 visitors in 2017. Whit RichardsonĪbout 12 deaths happen each year at the Grand Canyon, including from natural causes, medical problems, suicide, heat, drowning and traffic crashes. On April 30, 2015, a 29-year-old Nevada man died after falling 400-feet on a rim trail east of Mather Point where the visitor center is located and visitors often get their first look at the Grand Canyon.
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His body was recovered approximately 280 feet below the rim. His friends and family told KCCI News in Des Moines, Iowa, that Dang was posing for a photo when he lost his balance and fell backward to his death. On March 14, 2017, 30-year-old Gom Dang, of Ankeny, Iowa, fell to his death off the rim west of Mather Point. 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.” According to the Arizona Daily Sun in 2015, of the “55 who have accidentally fallen from the rim of the canyon, 39 were male. Odds of Death in the Grand Canyon – 1 in 400,000 Visitorsĭying from heat or dehydration is more common than falling off the edge in the Grand Canyon, but it is still a major concern.
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