Glendora woman plunges 1,000 feet to death in Utah's Zion National Park

[maco]

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/20...-park.html

http://cbs2.com/local/Zion.National.Park.2.1120873.html


Done this hike a dozen times or more - including on this road trip.

http://forums.macresource.com/read.php?1...msg-715752

I am definitely more keenly aware of the height, than I was back in my 20's. Way more people hiking it compared to many years ago. I was surprised by the number of young children climbing Angel's Landing, who were running ahead of their parents.


http://www.zionnational-park.com/images/...ndex10.htm


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8ygjEUFI1E&feature=fvw

[pinkoos]

Very sad news. Must have been horrible for the family to witness and horrible for the woman while she was falling. I can't even fathom the feelings one would have during those few seconds.

In the link to the Zion pictures, which picture represents the "top" of the Landing from which she fell? From reading some of the comments to the linked story, it was mentioned that the area at top is quite large. So, she must have been close to the edge for some reason and then tripped on something or what?

[cbelt3]

Horrible. But it happens. It's the outdoors, not Disney. The wild word doesn't come with safety rails and rubber baby bumpers.

Reminds me of the time I slipped on a scree slope while free climbing in Yosemite at 15. My beloved late father heard me yelling, glissaded down after me and caught me about 20 feet before a 100+ foot straight fall down. And then I turned around and caught him as his feet slipped from underneath him.

We traversed and got the hell off the slope and hiked back to the picnic spot where the rest of the family was having lunch. And never, ever, ever mentioned it to Mom.

[MikeF]

How long until the lawsuit?

[maco]

Here's a photo that I took.

[3d]

HolyCrap that looks steep. Why in the world would you risk your life like that?! It's not like you go there for solitude. I count 5 people there on that little bit of rock. Adrenaline junkies?

[RAMd®d]

Is that a hand rail (chain) the guy is holding onto?

Anybody here ever climb Half Dome in Yosemite?

[RAMd®d]

...some of which include more Yosemite.

http://cs.stanford.edu/people/hillerm/Pi...emite.html

[davester]

I've done a lot of geologic mapping on foot in remote areas of Nevada and have found myself in a number of situations where I suddenly realized that one false step or stumble would be the end. The trick is to keep your wits about you, crank up the caution level, and not freeze up when that happens. It's a wonder that we don't hear more stories like this.

[IronMac]

That long pic with the people holding on to a ladder; that's just wrong. Seriously, what's the point of doing this sort of ascent if you're going to hold on to a ladder? :villagers: