Contemporary and Vintage Photographs | Charlie Osborn, John Walker & Others

I can't verify the photos, but they sure don't look like a Photoshop job. According to the photographer who shot the sequence, Hans van de Vorst of the Netherlands, the time lapse here is about two minutes. It was shot in the Grand Canyon, Arizona. All I can say is, "What was this guy thinking?!...unbelievable!" He is unidentified. The comments are from the photographer who shot the sequence.

"I was simply stunned seeing this guy standing on this solitary rock at the Grand Canyon. The canyon's depth is 900 meters (3,000 ft) here. The rock on the right is next to the canyon and is safe. Watching this guy wearing flip-flop sandals, with camera and tripod, I asked myself 3 questions:
1. How did he get onto that rock?
2. Why not take that sunset picture from the rock to 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 (having only one free hand) and prepared himself for the jump. This all took about 2 minutes. At that point he had the full attention of the crowd of tourists."

"He's now at the point of no return. He jumped in his flip-flops."

"Now you can see that the safe rock is higher so he had to land lower, which was quite steep, and tried to use his one free hand to grab the rock."

"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. Both his right hand and right foot are slipping. At that very moment, I take this shot. He then pushes his body against the rock, waits for a few seconds, throws his stuff up on the flat rock, climbs up and walks away, presumably to a bathroom to change his shorts. I know I had to change mine and I was just watching!"