This just came through the email. By just lookng at the photos, my legs became wobbly!
Take a look:
This is a case of a photographer photographing another photographer.
The following pictures were taken by Hans van de Vorst from the Netherlands at the Grand Canyon, Arizona .
The identity of the photographer in the photos is unknown.
I was simply stunned seeing this guy standing on this solitary rock in the Grand Canyon . The canyon's depth is 900 meters ( 3,000 ' ) here..
The rock on the right is affixed to the edge of the canyon and perfectly safe.
Watching this guy in his rubber thong sandals, burdened with a camera and a tripod, I asked myself 3 questions:
1. How did he climb that rock?
2. Why not take that sunset picture from that rock on the right, which is perfectly safe?
3. How will he get back?
After the sun set behind the canyon's horizon he packed his things and prepared himself for the jump. This took about 2 minutes. At that point he definitely had the full attention of the crowd.
This is the point of no return. After that, he jumped in his thong sandals & only having one hand free. The canyon's depth is 900 meters ( 3,000 feet ) here.
You can see that the adjacent rock is quite a bit higher than where he is & quite steep..
He hopes to use his one free hand to grab on to the rock. Look carefully at the photographer. He is carrying a camera, a tripod and also a plastic bag all on his shoulder or in his left hand. He lands low on his flip flops both his right hand and right foot slip away...
And at that moment I take this shot:
He pushes his body tight against the rock waits for a few seconds, throws his stuff on top of the rock, then climbs up & walks away... Cool!
4 comments:
He has done it many times and is confident of himself. Some will say he is silly..perhaps he has not met with any accident in his life time.
Many years ago while on an outing in the US, I fell from a cliff of 60 feet cause the the cliff edge was slippery..it was winter.
PM,
60 feet is very a long fall.
What happened to you then?
To that fellow I think he is being foolish.
"perhaps he has not met with any accident in his life time"
Of course, otherwise he won't be there doing the jump!!
May be he doesn't place much value on his own life or bore about his daily living, so he want to add excitement into it by acting in a dangerous manner, i agree it is foolishness he is trying to display here. If he ever get an accident, it will be the end of it. There is no one to blame but himself. (roll eye!!)
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