I Feel Awful For His Family
And the people in his group who had to witness this but, seriously, all I can say is WTF was he thinking?
Authorities at Yosemite National Park were searching for a 19-year-old man who was swept over the edge of Nevada Fall on Saturday afternoon.
Aleh Kalman of Sacramento was witnessed swimming above the 594-foot waterfall, about 150 feet from the precipice, when a strong current swept him to the edge of the fall shortly before 3 p.m. Saturday, officials said. The man, who was hiking the Mist Trail with a church group, was trying to swim to shore from a rock in the middle of the river, officials said.
It what universe was this possibly a good idea?
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June 3, 2013 7:59 am
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Think of it as “evolution in action”.
Alas, I must agree with mojo. The man is a contender for the Darwin Award.
Ditto.
And the universe in question is the one where gravity is optional.
City kids with no wilderness experience, regardless of age, should be in harnesses.
It’s a pretty heavy penalty for an error in judgment. I’ve made much worse decisions in my life.
Oh I’ve made lots of bad decisions too Skyler, but to go swimming in a heavily flowing river 150′ above a 600′ drop?
Darwin Award nominee.
Yeah – I’ve made stupid decisions too, Skyler – all of us have. But NOT that stupid.
@skyler PS – you couldn’t have made worse or you wouldn’t likely have posted what I’m responding to.
Now, they’ll divert the river to remove the falls, so that it can’t happen again.
Hey, it’s California!!
Which is worse?
http://www.ktvz.com/news/Ohio-man-dies-in-jump-from-Punchbowl-Falls/-/413192/20402392/-/6kfsd6z/-/index.html
or
http://www.idahopress.com/news/state/oregon-man-dies-in-fall-from-deck-at-n-idaho/article_988d8f74-4c23-5036-99af-81e8a07e92e5.html
@leelu ROFL – you’ve got that right. (I laugh because I must not cry.)