Snake River Canyon
Twin Falls, ID | 439 Miles
For the man who holds the Guinness World Record for most broken bones in a lifetime, no stunt was seemingly too daunting for legendary motorcycle daredevil Evel Knievel, who made more than 75 ramp-to-ramp jumps during his 25-year career.
His ultimate stunt, and perhaps greatest failure, was attempting to jump over Idaho’s 500-foot-deep, quarter-mile-wide Snake River Canyon on a custom-built, steam-powered skycycle, which was more rocket ship than motorcycle. On September 8, 1974, amidst much hoopla, the attempt failed when his parachute deployed prematurely, causing Knievel and the cycle to crash in the canyon below, where he suffered only a broken nose.
Originally published in 2022.
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