COUPLE - The Salt Lake Tribune http://www.sltrib.com/feeds/topics/COUPLE News from The Salt Lake Tribune en-us webmaster@sltrib.com (Webmaster) Man dies after 200-foot fall in canyon near Moab http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/56266517-78/canyon-floor-mecham-swinging.html.csp <div class="hnews hentry item"> <h4><a class="url entry-title" href="http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/56266517-78/canyon-floor-mecham-swinging.html.csp">Man dies after 200-foot fall in canyon near Moab</a></h4> <img src="http://analytics.apnewsregistry.com/analytics/v2/image.svc/UTSAC/RWS/www.sltrib.com/CAI/56266517#2013-05-06T12:30:21.037-06:00/MAI/sltrib56266517#2013-05-06T12:30:21.037-06:00/E/qa/PC/Basic/AT/HL" style="display:none;" alt="" width="1" height="1"/> <span class="author vcard"><span class="fn">By Anne Wilson </span></span> <span class="author vcard"><span class="fn"> The Salt Lake Tribune</span></span> <h5><span class="updated" title="2013-05-06T12:30:21.037-06:00">Updated May 6, 2013 12:30PM MDT</span></h5> <div class ="entry-content">Grand County authorities say a man who fell 200 feet after swinging from a rope in Day Canyon on Sunday has died. The man was swinging with a woman from a rope attached to a cable stretched across the canyon, which is near the Gemini Bridges area northwest of Moab, Grand County Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Darrel Mecham said. After the couple finished swinging and reached the canyon wall, they planned to rappel down to the canyon floor. But as the man was getting out of the swing harness, he fell, ac...</div> <h5><a rel="item-license" href="http://www.sltrib.com/pages/privacy"> Copyright 2013 The Salt Lake Tribune. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.</a></h5> </div> 56266517@www.sltrib.com Mon, 06 May 2013 12:30:21 MDT