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"WOW"
"Vittorio Brumotti is a world record holding trials and road bike cyclist from Italy. This is how he explores the Grand Canyon!"

 
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In the yahd, not too
fah from the cah
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Yeah....nope.

I've walked out on a couple of the spots he did that, it's unsettling on foot let alone doing that crap.




 
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Risk far outweighs rewards if you ask me. Sign me up for something boring like scuba, shooting, or driving fast in a car or on a bike.



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Seems very high risk with very little upside. No thanks.
 
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There are so many things that could go wrong with that. I'm glad that YouTube didn't exist in my younger years to tempt me to risk my life for a video.

Jim


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Im not afraid of heights but still had a hard time just watching the go-pro footage! No thanks!!


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Wait, what?
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Foolish risk. It’s not the slip, or even the fall that kills you...it’s the sudden stop at the end.

The things people do to get noticed.




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You can only do that so many times before something goes wrong.

I was scared of heights as a kid. Not so much anymore when I know I'm safe. I would have no issue climbing that with the proper protection.

So many people today want to push the limits without any safety "net". I wonder how many of these people would still do it if it wasn't filmed and posted for others to see.


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As I recall, the charges for a rescue chopper there at the canyon STARTED at $3000 back when we floated the canyon around 1987 or so. Probably much higher by now.


Of course the odds of it being a rescue if the knothead falls are pretty slim. But they would still have to pay to cart what was left of him out of the canyon.


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a fool and his life will be soon parted

unfortunately stupid stunts like this lead to kneejerk laws and rules and regulations ruining things for the rest of us



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Brakes, don't fail me now!

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In the yahd, not too
fah from the cah
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The thing is too, a lot of those surfaces are covered in loss dirt/debris, it's not just clean rock. All it takes is hitting one errant stone to go tumbling.




 
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The Grand Canyon Search and Rescue unit is one of the busiest in the country.
Dudes like this are the reason.


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Originally posted by ryan81986:
Yeah....nope.

I've walked out on a couple of the spots he did that, it's unsettling on foot let alone doing that crap.


My legs quit walking when I got about three feet from the edge.


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Originally posted by ryan81986:
Yeah....nope.

I've walked out on a couple of the spots he did that, it's unsettling on foot let alone doing that crap.


My legs quit walking when I got about three feet from the edge.


Yep, and struggling not to flop to the ground and scooch back inches at a time.



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And other than what the camera captured - what of the Grand Canyon did he see?

Just another narcissist yelling "look at me, I might fall."






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There are much easier ways to get laid.


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Pucker factor = high.

Count me out.


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Nope. Not for me.

How does he get up there with his bike? Does he take the elevator?



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In the yahd, not too
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Originally posted by Rey HRH:
Nope. Not for me.

How does he get up there with his bike? Does he take the elevator?


He's only about 50-100' from the paved walking path at the south rim.




 
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