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northman said 4 months ago 11/20/2009 12:57:07 PM EDT

Check this link out. Photos 17-20 show a guy taking shots at the Grand Canyon and how it could have been his last.

(Oops...I saw a snopes link at the end of the comments on one of the photos. Real photos, inaccurate description.)

ukpaul19 said 4 months ago 11/20/2009 1:09:50 PM EDT

What an idiot, surely he could have got the same shot from the safer rock surface to his right!

richardbrown said 4 months ago 11/20/2009 1:38:39 PM EDT

I like the snoops photos, but tell me is it possible some one can jump that far from a rock with camera equiptment in one hand and use the other hand to hold the rock that he jumps to and its not a flat surface. i like the photos but dont believe in it. i would like to ask the photographer him self about that pic. hope i dont sound horrible.

Ziaphra said 4 months ago 11/20/2009 1:50:03 PM EDT

It's true, stupid but true.

ChronicPest said 4 months ago 11/20/2009 10:13:53 PM EDT

There's a similar formation at Natural Bridge State Park in Red River Gorge, in kentucky.

However, it lacks the "ledge" mentioned in the snopes article, and honestly, plenty of people DIE each year from jumping from point A to point B without being able to jump back. They mis-judge the distance and fall and get squished and suffocate or crushed outright . . .

the OP's example might be a "fake," but there are certainly situations just as honestly lethal out there in the real world . . . the proof will be left as an exercise for the viewer ;)