This is a case of photographer photographs photographer. The following
photographs were taken by photographer Hans van de Vorst at the Grand
Canyon, Arizona. The descriptions are his own. The identity of the
photographer IN the photos are unknown.
I was simply stunned seeing this guy standing on this solitary rock IN
the Grand Canyon. The canyon's depth is 900 meters here. The rock on
the right is next to the canyon and safe.
Watching this guy on his thong sandals, with a camera and a tripod I
asked myself 3 questions: 1. How did he climb that rock? 2. Why not
taking that sunset picture on that rock to the right, which is perfectly
safe? 3. How will he get back?
This is the point of no return.
After the sun set behind the canyon's horizon he packed his
things(having only one hand available) and prepared himself for the
jump. This took about 2 minutes. At that point he had the full attention
of the crowd.
After that, he jumped on his thong sandals ... The canyon's depth is 900
meters here. Now you can see that the adjacent rock is higher so he
tried to land lower, which is quite steep and tried to use his one hand
to grab the rock.
We've come to the end of this little story. Look carefully at the
photographer. He has a camera, a tripod and also a plastic bag, all on
his shoulder or in his left hand. Only his right hand is available to
grab the rock and the weight of his stuff is a problem. He lands low on
this flip flops both his right hand and right foot slips away ... At
that moment I take this shot. He pushes his body against the rock. He
waits for a few seconds, throws his stuff on the rock, climbs and walks
away.
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