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Did photographer defy gravity ? ...Stinky Journalism notes that the man's entire weight is held by only one hand and one foot in a flip flop. Yet the man's body show no stress or gesture that indicates he is actually holding any significant weight load.

Chris Cheesman writes:

“Some newspapers appear to have fallen for a story in which it was claimed a photographer narrowly escaped a 1km drop after leaping over two rocky ledges in the Grand Canyon.”

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Newspaper photo story is not all it seems: Fake Grand Canyon Story

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