Teen dies after falling over 594 feet waterfall.

[xanis]

Too bad the Good Lord didn't bless him with basic intelligence or reading comprehension skills.

 

[JTsyo]

Too bad the Good Lord didn't bless him with basic intelligence or reading comprehension skills.

or webbed feet.

 

[SSSnail]

or webbed feet.

That wouldn't have saved him, either.

 

[lxskllr]

or webbed feet.

A lot of people don't know how to swim in a current. The fastest way to shore is facing upstream, and towards shore by about 45°. Of course, the best thing is not swimming 150' above a dangerous falls. Shit happens, and it doesn't give you much room for recovery.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

church group? This one is too easy...

Yeah, it's not even fun when it's teed up like that.

 

[Krazy4Real]

dont go chasin waterfalls
stick to the river and lake ur used to
lol

I laughed.

 

[Markbnj]

A lot of people don't know how to swim in a current. The fastest way to shore is facing upstream, and towards shore by about 45°. Of course, the best thing is not swimming 150' above a dangerous falls. Shit happens, and it doesn't give you much room for recovery.

That seems wrong unless your implicit goal is to avoid being swept downstream (a goal this poor kid probably should have set for himself). If it doesn't matter how far downstream you move, then the fastest way to the bank would be to swim straight for it.

 

[lxskllr]

That seems wrong unless your implicit goal is to avoid being swept downstream (a goal this poor kid probably should have set for himself). If it doesn't matter how far downstream you move, then the fastest way to the bank would be to swim straight for it.

You use the water's force to "squirt" you towards shore. It's also easier to maintain attitude. Facing directly towards shore wastes the water's energy, and you more easily tumble, or end up swimming downstream.

Edit:
and of course it keeps you from going downstream as you said. If you're trying to get to shore, you usually want to get to shore *there*, and not a couple hundred feet downstream. Even without danger being involved, drifting downstream requires you to walk to where you really want to be.

 

[moonbogg]

That's probably a good idea. Maybe a sign that says exactly how many people died there along with the number of days since the last death.

Yep, people need to see that the warning is not just for liability. Far too many fake warnings today due to lawyer advice. People are desensitized to warnings because they know that warnings are usually overkill and only to prevent the loss of money if they get sued. This one is for real and a death count with corresponding dates would be very helpful I think.
Warning or not, you couldn't get me into that river if you tried to drag me in with an earth mover.

 

[SheHateMe]

Jesus will save him.

 

[lxskllr]

Not so much a warning(but most will take it as such), as it is a memorial, but this wall is at the bottom of a steep grade in Bloomington MD near the N branch of the Potomac. It where coal/log trucks lost brakes, and didn't make the turn. I had a tense ride coming down that grade. I slept in my van at the top of the mountain, and when I left in the morning, something was wrong with the antilock brakes. Using them would shake the shit out of the van. I descended in first gear, intermittently hitting the brakes on the way down. I made it :^D

 

[DCal430]

Though here is a picture of were he was swimming,

it does look a bit inviting. Seems others may swim here to, looks popular.

 

[Vic Vega]

"If you go over the fall, you will die."

Hahaha, can't really make it more clear than that.

I sort of laughed at that as well. What more do people want? It's even in a few languages.

 

[darkxshade]

ban rivers

ban church groups

 

[Nintendesert]

ban church groups

The church groups are the victims here, the river is the one doing the killing. We must build more dams!

 

[OlafSicky]

If they installed protective netting over the river this would not have happened. Once again an innocent young person dies because of government incompetence.

 

[lxskllr]

If they installed protective netting over the river this would not have happened. Once again an innocent young person dies because of government incompetence.

Sad thing is I bet there's a shockingly large number of people who would think that's a good idea.

 

[OILFIELDTRASH]

600 ft free fall to your death. Not the worst way to die. Way too young though.

 

[Kaido]

So here is a warning that is posted at river near were he was swimming:

Wow, that's uh...a pretty clear sign. "You will die"

 

[DrunkenSano]

He thought that God would protect him.

 

[Theb]

they need to put up a body count on the signs. add a scratch mark every time someone goes over.

It does give the sign a little more punch.

 

[olds]

Since we can't ban waterfalls, the only sensible thing to do is blast the river with dynamite till it waterfall is changed to a gentle slope.

 

[tcsenter]

No doubt the church group or its insurance company will probably have to pay-out like a $10M settlement, for some sort of failure to do some sort of thing that mighta woulda coulda have prevented it. God bless our civil liability/tort system.

 

[BoomerD]

No doubt the church group or its insurance company will probably have to pay-out like a $10M settlement, for some sort of failure to do some sort of thing that mighta woulda coulda have prevented it. God bless our civil liability/tort system.

As well they should. They failed to pray away the guy's stupidity.

 

[MontyAC]

Darwin wins again.