PROVO CANYON, Utah, Aug. 31, 2018 (Gephardt Daily) — A man using climbing gear at Utah County’s Bridal Veil Falls found himself high but not dry when his “ropes” knotted, leaving him suspended in the water of the tourist attraction.
“Bridal Veil Falls to start the holiday weekend,” said a tweet from Utah County Sheriff spokesman Sgt Spencer Cannon. It was posted at about 11 a.m. Friday.
“(A) 22 year old Orem man did ‘knot’ have a good experience. He hung in the water for nearly an hour because of the rope malfunction. SAR & North Fork FD bringing him down now.”
The man was rescued and safe about an hour later.
“Utah County Sheriff’s Office SAR and North Fork FD after victim was off the falls,” Cannon captioned a photo. “Hypothermia can be deadly, but the recovery can also be speedy.”
Cannon also posted photo of the twisted twine that caused the whole problem.
“And this is the ‘knot’ that caused the problem,” he wrote, seeming to enjoy the concept of “tying a knot” at a water fall named for a bridal veil.
