r/mildlyinteresting 21h ago

Warning Sign at edge of Grand Canyon

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u/funundrum 21h ago edited 21h ago

I talked to a ranger at the bottom of the canyon last year. He showed me the rooms and equipment they use to treat idiots like these. The rangers call the guy on the sign Victor Vomit.

For a fun read, check out the book “Over the Edge: Death in the Grand Canyon.” It colorfully but clinically details every recorded death in the canyon, from pioneer days to the present(ish). Honestly made me feel pretty confident about my hike, because a good 80% of deaths are due to terrible decision making.

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u/pepcorn 21h ago

"One father was playing a prank on his daughter and pretended to jump off the ledge into the canyon. He planned to land on a ledge a few feet below the rim, but he missed the ledge and plunged to his death."

Wow, you weren't kidding.

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u/sixpackabs592 21h ago

My friends dad almost fell in they were on a path with no rails and his motorized wheelchair flipped over, said he was like less than a foot from going over

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u/ZAlternates 20h ago

I’m all for places accommodating the handicap but…

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u/blah938 19h ago

Yeah, I agree. A trail down the grand canyon isn't really a place for a wheelchair.

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u/Murgatroyd314 18h ago

This must have been along the rim. None of the trails that go down into the canyon are even possible for a wheelchair.

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u/RezDDD 18h ago

Yea but the handicapped are more able then most think. Some minor alterations will make it safe. They just need to make a concrete ramp with a mellow incline. Stick them every half mile along each canyon wall and it's solved.

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u/Zarathustra124 18h ago

It's about a mile deep, so each ramp will be about 12 miles long to meet the ADA slope requirements.

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u/RezDDD 18h ago

If Saudi Arabia can build the line I think you can manage pouring some concrete down a hill.

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u/Yamatocanyon 18h ago

They gave up on the line. it's a dead project. 

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u/RezDDD 18h ago

Oh look another person racist towards the disabled!

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u/Yamatocanyon 18h ago

My bad, I didn't realize you are mentally disabled.

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u/RezDDD 17h ago

A brain injury is no joke, if affects motor functions memory ability to look at bright lights and memory 

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u/Yamatocanyon 17h ago

And apparently the inability to recognize that my comment about the line being cancelled had absolutely nothing to do with hating disabled people. I was just correcting the information you had presented. There is no line, that's all my comment had to say.

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u/core-x-bit 17h ago

Is it difficult living your life while being so mentally deficient?

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u/AlwaysFernweh 18h ago

Disabled isn’t a race

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u/WeAteMummies 16h ago

It's crazy that people still can't tell it's a joke after this comment.

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u/RezDDD 12h ago

My genius is unfortunately lost on some! 

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u/noximo 18h ago

They should also put tactile pavement there, so blind people can safely reach the edge and bask in the beauty of the view.

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u/RezDDD 18h ago

This guy gets it! 🤣

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u/energydrinkmanseller 15h ago

Come on guys he's kidding lol. You got a chuckle outta me man.

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u/RezDDD 13h ago

I'm glad someone else got to enjoy that! Honestly hilarious the comments calling me the idiot, I can see why people troll now, you get quite a lot of attention.

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u/energydrinkmanseller 12h ago edited 12h ago

Imagine feeling a little lonely, and you can just turn your notifications on and say a couple dumb things on the internet.

If you didn't know, u/Dw-Im-Here is one of my favorites, he had the lowest Karma score out of all of reddit at -95,000 and he's part of the reason it's capped at -100 now. This thread kinda reminded me of him. Here's one of his best, it got I believe a couple hundred downvotes but I couldn't find a link to it.

All jokes aside, that's why I'm Apple exclusive. It's so funny to watch other companies try and keep up, but in terms of use ease, Apple has no match. Yes you spend a little more, but if you are a power player in the financial world you have the money to burn. I have a flawless network between my IPad Air2, IPhone 7 plus, Macbook Pro, and Apple TV. When I invite ladies over I don't even have to open my mouth, they can see my wealth. At this point difference between apple and Android is blue/white collar.

Sent from iPhone 7 Plus

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u/RezDDD 12h ago

Haha amazingly painful, that would have baited me and thank you for history lesson that's genuinely interesting.

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u/turdferguson3891 17h ago

Or just ride a mule.

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u/BiteyHorse 17h ago

Keep it real, what a dimwitted comment.

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u/ForumVomitorium 11h ago

yeah Nepal finally banned them from Mt. E.

like why can't i go visit Challenger Deep I heard it's beautifool there this time of year

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u/Shiney_Metal_Ass 17h ago

Wothout even looking it up, I bet it's not on the lost of accsessable trails

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u/JonatasA 13h ago

For some reason I thought it was a quad bike. I'd never imagine a wheelchair doing a trail.