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This was emailed to me. Along with the images is this narration of a witness.
Subject:Grand Canyon Photographer...........What's The Big Deal?
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>This is a case of photographer photographs photographer. *The following photographs were taken by photographer Hans van de Vorst at the Grand Canyon , Arizona . *The descriptions are his own. *The identity of the photographer IN the photos is unknown.
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>I was simply stunned seeing this guy standing on this solitary rock IN the Grand Canyon.
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>The canyon's depth is 900 meters here. The rock on the right is next to the canyon and safe.
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>Watching this guy on his thong sandals, with a camera and a tripod I asked myself 3 questions:
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>1. How did he climb that rock?
>2. Why not taking that sunset picture on that rock to the right, which is perfectly safe?
>3. How will he get back?
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>This is the point of no return.
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>After the sun set behind the canyon's horizon he packed his things
>(having only one hand available)
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>and prepared himself for the jump. This took about 2 minutes.
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>At that point he had the full attention of the crowd.
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>After that, he jumped on his thong sandals...
>The canyon's depth is 900 meters here.
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>Now you can see that the adjacent rock is higher so he tried to land
>lower, which is quite steep
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>and tried to use his one hand to grab the rock.
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>We've come to the end of this little story. Look carefully at the photographer.
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>He has a camera, a tripod and also a plastic bag, all on his shoulder or in his left hand.
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>Only his right hand is available to grab the rock and the weight of his stuff is a problem.
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>He lands low on this flip flops both his right hand and right foot slips away...
>At that moment I take this shot.
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>He pushes his body against the rock.
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>He waits for a few seconds, throws his stuff on the rock, climbs and
>walks away
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>*Susie
Subject:Grand Canyon Photographer...........What's The Big Deal?
>
>This is a case of photographer photographs photographer. *The following photographs were taken by photographer Hans van de Vorst at the Grand Canyon , Arizona . *The descriptions are his own. *The identity of the photographer IN the photos is unknown.
>
>
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>I was simply stunned seeing this guy standing on this solitary rock IN the Grand Canyon.
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>The canyon's depth is 900 meters here. The rock on the right is next to the canyon and safe.
>
>Watching this guy on his thong sandals, with a camera and a tripod I asked myself 3 questions:
>
>1. How did he climb that rock?
>2. Why not taking that sunset picture on that rock to the right, which is perfectly safe?
>3. How will he get back?
>
>
>
>This is the point of no return.
>
>
>
>After the sun set behind the canyon's horizon he packed his things
>(having only one hand available)
>
>and prepared himself for the jump. This took about 2 minutes.
>
>At that point he had the full attention of the crowd.
>
>After that, he jumped on his thong sandals...
>The canyon's depth is 900 meters here.
>
>Now you can see that the adjacent rock is higher so he tried to land
>lower, which is quite steep
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>and tried to use his one hand to grab the rock.
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>We've come to the end of this little story. Look carefully at the photographer.
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>He has a camera, a tripod and also a plastic bag, all on his shoulder or in his left hand.
>
>Only his right hand is available to grab the rock and the weight of his stuff is a problem.
>
>He lands low on this flip flops both his right hand and right foot slips away...
>At that moment I take this shot.
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>He pushes his body against the rock.
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>He waits for a few seconds, throws his stuff on the rock, climbs and
>walks away
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>*Susie