Wednesday, April 03, 2013

At The End Of Your Rope? You'd Better Check The Length.

When you fail to do the math before doing a death defying stunt, bad things happen:

A 22-year-old Utah man was killed trying to swing through the opening of a 110-foot-tall sandstone arch in a stunt made so popular on YouTube that state authorities recently banned the daredevil activity by commercial outfitters.

Kyle Lee Stocking, of West Jordan, left too much slack in the rope he was using, and it sent him crashing into the sandstone base of Corona Arch near Moab, Grand County sheriff's officials said. He died Sunday afternoon.

From The Detroit Free Press: Daredevil dies in rope swing stunt popularized by YouTube

3 comments:

Murphy's Law said...

I'm horrible, but that still makes me laugh.

Aaron said...

I thought you'd like that one. It reminds me of the guy who did a 90 foot bungee jump with a 100 foot bungee line...

Spreading Wisdom said...

Funny how many people also rappel off the end of their rope each year. Measure twice, jump once!