Who tried to jump over Snake River Canyon in a rocket-powered motorcycle?
Snake River Canyon (Idaho) However, as of 2000, geologists believe that while the canyon was shaped by the flood, its basic structure predated it. The canyon is well known as the site of an unsuccessful 1974 attempt by Evel Knievel to jump across it in the Skycycle X-2 rocket. The dirt ramp built for that jump is still there and remains a tourist attraction. On September 16, 2016, stuntman Eddie Braun successfully jumped the canyon using technology similar to that used by Evel Knievel 42 years previously. Snake River Canyon (Idaho) Snake River Canyon is a large canyon formed by the Snake River in
Shoshone Falls jump over the Snake River approximately west of the falls on a rocket-powered motorcycle, the Skycycle X-2, after unsuccessfully petitioning the U.S. Government to let him attempt a jump over the Grand Canyon. Knievel and his team purchased land on both sides of the Snake River and built a large earthen ramp and launch structure. A crowd of 30,000 gathered to watch Knievel's jump, which failed because his parachute opened too early, causing him to float down towards the river. Knievel likely would have drowned were it not for canyon winds that blew him to the river bank; he ultimately