PoorSucker Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 Found this picture on a search on Khun Si waterfall, this is how you break your leg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wump Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 Saw this as well on Tripadvisor. I hope it has something to do with the camera angle and this guy is not really sliding down there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoorSucker Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 Or like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoorSucker Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 1,5 year ago at same falls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classic Ray Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 Fair play to the Thais. I recently grounded my car whilst reversing off a parking slab outside a shop that only had a slope for half its width, so had a wheel hanging off a two foot drop. My stupid fault. within two minutes five Thai guys came from a nearby building site and lifted my car back on to the slab. They were even embarrassed to take a tip. Thanks Chiang Mai site builders, you were great. Parking slab builders, not so great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wump Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 7 minutes ago, PoorSucker said: 1,5 year ago at same falls. The whole rope thingy looks a bit dodgy. IMO the area should be closed off to visitors at this point but ideally the local government should give the property owner some time and money to construct proper walkways and stairs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xobtsiwt Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 Intrepid people these Brits, always falling over in odd places and surviving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wump Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 7 minutes ago, Classic Ray said: Fair play to the Thais. I recently grounded my car whilst reversing off a parking slab outside a shop that only had a slope for half its width, so had a wheel hanging off a two foot drop. My stupid fault. within two minutes five Thai guys came from a nearby building site and lifted my car back on to the slab. They were even embarrassed to take a tip. Thanks Chiang Mai site builders, you were great. Parking slab builders, not so great! I always found Thais to be quite helpful. Not so much with directions, but with helping out when your vehicle breaks down or when you fall down while walking etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soalbundy Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 He lost all his food when the cork fell out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soalbundy Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 9 minutes ago, wump said: I always found Thais to be quite helpful. Not so much with directions, but with helping out when your vehicle breaks down or when you fall down while walking etc. Fall down walking ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemesis7 Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 Lucky he survived and hope he will be fully recovered soon. Thanks to those who carried out the search and rescue operation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iReason Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 "He was only found after a local in Mae Nam saw a motorbike parked near a path leading down to the Khun Sri falls." Kudos for him and his initiative. He saved the guy's life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sailor42 Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 Fall down walking ? If I want to go from Lamai to Mae Nam, I take the jungle route so for me it's kind of a main road. Pretty well built and I am not quite sure why not more people are taking it during the daytime.As a man of advanced years, and an afficiado of Bundy OP rum, I find it quite easy to fall down while walking!Sent from my SM-T815Y using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter48 Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 Our prayers are with him and we hope his recovery is speedy. One thing is sure he live each day henceforth knowing how lucky he is to be alive and enjoy life's good things be it the warmth of the sun, wine , women or song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wake Up Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 Those that have posted negative comments about this story could use another beer, another pill or to wake up to the good people and things in life. Most people on the planet are good regardless of their race, the flag they support, economic ability, or job. In times like these you see people helping others for nothing more than a sense of decency and humanity which is refreshing. Congrats to all involved who saved this man's life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madusa Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 3 hours ago, wvavin said: Seems like the British have a great tendency of injury or death in this country. A good number of seems like I can list them here: 1. Stomach ulcer- caused by a bacteria at first seems like stress causing it. 2. Malaria- in old days seems like the bad gas at swamp lands caused it 3. An aircraft crashed into snow cap mountain in Andes (south America) covered by snow for 40 years later found, seems like UFO had kidnapped the aircraft. 4. Seems like British have a great tendency of injury or death in Thailand, may be British are the largest number of tourists visiting Thailand so higher number of death or accidents, it gives the impression, only statistic can tell us. Is the Thai government willing to publish the real statistic figure? I doubt it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Dwyer Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 Fall down walking ?Johnnie Walking ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brd Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 by now every one should know most islands are dangerous to visit and every one has to think about how to minimize danger. No one will ever tell you or warn you of any dangers on roads, in the sea with jetskis, power boats, in the air parasailing, in the jungle because mobiles are not working and locals are totally irresponsible not registered and not even trained properly to deal with the public. It is not haven but can become Hell.....because the islanders own the islands... Noe one remind you the rainy season can attract deadly jelly fish of course any one stung die on the spot like this Man from Bangkok snorkeling in front of his family. To protect Tourism ..........hiding the danger is murdering people...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALFREDO Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 4 hours ago, Hayduke said: Surprising…that the authorities aren’t calling this a failed suicide attempt. Maybe it was one! LOL, Who knows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tchooptip Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 4 hours ago, PoorSucker said: No cellphone? First clever comment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swanny321 Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 2 minutes ago, Tchooptip said: First clever comment Perhaps he was a fan of bare thrills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoorSucker Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 2 hours ago, brd said: by now every one should know most islands are dangerous to visit and every one has to think about how to minimize danger. No one will ever tell you or warn you of any dangers on roads, in the sea with jetskis, power boats, in the air parasailing, in the jungle because mobiles are not working and locals are totally irresponsible not registered and not even trained properly to deal with the public. It is not haven but can become Hell.....because the islanders own the islands... Noe one remind you the rainy season can attract deadly jelly fish of course any one stung die on the spot like this Man from Bangkok snorkeling in front of his family. To protect Tourism ..........hiding the danger is murdering people...... You better stay in Bangkok, where the locals are responsible and trained properly. The durian farmer closest to the waterfall must have been totally irresponsible and not trained to handle an alone tourist hiking in jungle. BTW, it's not rainy season in the Gulf now, it's in November. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesimps Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 7 hours ago, saakura said: "Sanook reported that it was lucky that a local had seen his bike or the tourist may have died at the scene." And had he died, the speculations from both police (suicide) and TV (murder) would have begun. Only in YOUR mind. Good to see a happy ending. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerekMarshall Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 7 hours ago, saakura said: "Sanook reported that it was lucky that a local had seen his bike or the tourist may have died at the scene." And had he died, the speculations from both police (suicide) and TV (murder) would have begun. And the TV detectives Screaming murdered by the mafia and citing his broken leg as evidence! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sambum Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 6 hours ago, PoorSucker said: It's not on the main road, it's on the shortcut road through the mountains. 6 hours ago, PoorSucker said: It's not on the main road, it's on the shortcut road through the mountains. Post says "It's just off the main road from Lamai to Mae Nam." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wump Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 5 hours ago, soalbundy said: Fall down walking ? Sorry, English is not my first language. I meant 'to trip/stumble/slip' when there is no obstacle. Just oneself walking silly and subsequently hitting the ground. Is there a word for it? Happens to me every now and then when my ankle just kinda loses balance and snaps to the inside or outside. Sorry for OT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wump Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 14 minutes ago, sambum said: Post says "It's just off the main road from Lamai to Mae Nam." I think we've established earlier that while the road technically being a proper built main road, it receives far less traffic (maybe less than 1%) compared to the other route using the main road through Chaweng. But in general, this area is far from "remote". I used to ride my scooter all over the place and even on the smallest little dirt roads I always met other people, mostly farmers. I guess this guy was just unlucky that it took days for someone to arrive. While not that popular, it's not like the waterfall is unknown to the masses. And yes, it is only a couple of minutes from the "main road" connecting Lamai and Mae Nam so quite accessible. Since you access this waterfall from the top, could it be that there was other people within these three days who just didn't hear or see the guy? From the other article, its 25 metres to the bottom of the falls. With water rushing past it might be quite difficult at the bottom to hear people talking when they're at the top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sambum Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 My post of just a matter of days ago regarding warning signs was mocked by quite a few posters a few days ago and it was closed by the Mods and readers referred to another post which merely gave the details of the previous nearly fatal accident. Now another accident - not life threatening in itself, but due to the remoteness of the area, could well have resulted in a fatality. OK, some people are stupid by not taking sensible precautions, but I see no harm in alerting people to possible dangers that they may have overlooked, or nor be aware of, either by signs, or posters, pamphlets etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wump Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 Have you seen the video with the rope? Pretty silly to go down there on your own. I think you are pretty safe as long as you got your mobile with you. This guy was a bit unlucky that it didn't work. Usually you can get a least a 2G signal (unless you have AIS who phased it out). Leaving tracks or hiking through the jungle alone is really just asking for it... shouldn't be attempted. As for your warning signs: I think signs warning tourists of not that obvious dangers like jellyfish and rip currents are sufficient. You wanna place signs "Slippery rocks" or something? An idiot can see that they are slippery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sambum Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 21 minutes ago, wump said: Sorry, English is not my first language. I meant 'to trip/stumble/slip' when there is no obstacle. Just oneself walking silly and subsequently hitting the ground. Is there a word for it? Happens to me every now and then when my ankle just kinda loses balance and snaps to the inside or outside. Sorry for OT. Is there a word for it? Can't think of a word for it but I find that the expression "a**e over t*t" quite apt! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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