Crabtree Falls claims another casualty
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A 21-year-old man became the 27th fatality at the popular Nelson County waterfall on November 22. Elias Lehman of Dayton, Virginia, slipped and fell 300 feet when he went past the barricade at the top to take photographs, reports the News Virginian.
He was alive, but unresponsive as friends carried him down the trail, which took three-and-a-half hours. On the way, he stopped breathing and efforts to resuscitate him were unsuccessful.
In August, 61-year-old Charles Shillito died at Crabtree Falls in what authorities believe was a suicide.
God bless that young man.In 1990 I moved here and was taken to
Crabtree fall and fell in love with it ,but as we walked I sliped
on moss and was grabed by the arm and stoped from going over.Thank my buddys quick hands or you’d be saying # 28.
You won’t slip on moss if you don’t get too close to the edge. I am sorry to hear about this young mans death but people do not heed common sense or notices to not get too close or cross barriers. No photo is worth your life! My condolences to his family and the friends who lived through this trauma at his side.
TVann: I think your condolences are negated by the first part of your post. Not helpful or consoling eh?
There are barriers there where the trail gets steep and close to the falls, and the sign at the bottom of the trail says very clearly ‘the rocks are dangerous, people have died, stay on the trail and off of the rocks.’ It even says how many people have died falling down the falls. So, yeah, it’s tragic but this guy wasn’t really using any common sense.
ANY loss of life is tragic regardless of the reasons or cause. I’m sure God wont be so cruel as to judge this young man because he made a stupid mistake. But I am sure that God will offer his loved ones strength and compasssion during rough times ahead. Maybge we all need to learn that lesson.