When is it time to say good bye to your crashed drone? Perhaps when it is sitting on the side of the Grand Canyon! As of two year ago, 685 people had lost their lives at the Grand Canyon report authors Tom Myers and Michael Ghiglieri in “Over the Edge: Death in the Grand Canyon.” And what is a major risk factor associated with these deaths? “Being male, and young, is a tremendous risk factor” reports Myer.
“Of 55 who have accidentally fallen from the rim of the canyon, 39 were male. Eight of those guys were hopping from one rock to another or posing for pictures, including a 38-year-old father from Texas pretending to fall to scare his daughter, who then really did fall 400 feet to his death.”
Fortunately for one “male” drone flyer last month, he didn’t become 686! Take a look at this video (excuse the language)