> > Evel Knievel tried, but he couldn't get permission from the government. So he bought a piece of property at the Snake River Canyon (which is as wide as the piece of the Grand Canyon he would have presumably jumped, had he gotten permission) and jumped that instead. He broke his collarbone and three of his four limbs.
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> I'm just curious; did you know this offhand, or did you go look it up in response to this discussion?

I knew he jumped a canyon on a motorcycle and messed himself the heck up. The other details I looked up. I thought it was the Grand, too, but I guess that was a confused memory of how he tried to get permission to jump the Grand and had to settle for another one.