Comments about ‘BYU student killed after falling 70 feet in Provo Canyon’

As sad as this is let this be a reminder to always be prepared for your activity with the proper gear! A lot of accidents can be avoided with a little common sense.

That is really sad. That being said I have been up there several times, and there are some pretty steep places I have climbed up around there without anything. You really have to be careful up there. So have fun everyone but be safe!

Unfortunately, Hiking can be very dangerous,especially when hiking near cliffs. Anyone that has gone up to Angel's Landing in Zion National Park knows this. 2-3 people tragically fall off the side of Angel's landing each year and it's 1,500 feet down. Hiking around cliffs is always risky and your not completely safe even if your climbing with ropes. Staying away from cliffs is the best bet. With that said, this is a very sad day for this young man and his loved ones. May they find peace and love in their loss.

I have had some close calls hiking near cliffs all over the world. I look back and think that maybe I was lucky. Adam Perozza was not. I hurt for him and his family and friends.

I am sorry for Adam's accident. Losing a child would be the toughest of all challenges. May God give Adam's parents strength.

From whence comes this incessant need for DN readers to lecture and sermonize, even in the face of tragedy?

This is a tragic accident. My condolences to family and friends of this ambitious young man.

@ I M LDS 2

I appreciate your comments very much.

I hope the sadness of losing young Adam far outweighs the need to lecture readers on safety. There is a time and place for both. Could we extend whatever compassion we have towards Adam's family who in deep pain right now?

gdog3finally & IM LDS 2 -- I appreciate both of your comments and fully understand where you are coming from but at the same time there has been tons upon tons of deaths in Utah from falling off cliffs in the last few years. If we don't address the dangers now, when will we. Maybe if even just one person will understand the dangers of cliff hiking through one of these posts or articles, it will save their lives. My heart goes out to this family but lets not be passive about letting people more fully understand the consequences of hiking near cliffs, for this is showing love and compassion in helping to save a life or 2 or 3 or hopefully a whole bunch.

Jenny,

Yes, and I'm sure the fact that people have died and gotten injured is not enough of a lesson for future students to learn from. No, they need lectures and sermonizing in the comment section of this article.

If only this young man had read these comments, he would have been cautious and his life saved!

Give me a break.

The main people who will read this are the friends and family of the deceased. Do they need lectures and sermons? Do they need self righteous readers implying that their son "got what he deserved because he wasn't careful enough"?

Think, people.