How not to get the shot!

Many people think Deshun must be mad to climb mountains but, compared to this guy, it seems she's perfectly sane!
The pictures were taken at the Grand Canyon by Hans van de Vorst of Netherlands and the captions are his. The identity of the guy in the photos is unknown.

I was simply stunned seeing this guy standing on this rock in the Grand Canyon.

The canyon's depth is 900 meters here. The rock on the right is a perfectly safe vantage point so why didn't he just take his photo from there?


After the sun set behind the canyon he packed his camera and tripod and, holding them under his left arm, prepared to jump.  


The point of no return...

The canyon's depth is 900 meters (3,000 feet) here and he's going to land in his thong sandals!
Also the rock on the right is higher so he had to land on the side and grab the rock....with one hand! 

As he landed both his right hand and right foot starting slipping.....
He managed to push his body against the rock, waited for a few seconds, threw his stuff up on to the rock, climbed up and walked away....presumably to change his shorts.
I know I had to change mine and  I was just watching!!