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If Your Boyfriend Jumped Off A Cliff, Would You?

A reluctant woman gets a helpful shove off an epic Utah rope swing from her thoughtful S.O.

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OK, this one’s a little old, but it’s a classic: Filmmaker Devin Graham caught climber Creighton Baird, um, “encouraging” his girlfriend, Jessica Powell, into making an epic canyon rope swing. When she gets cold feet, he pushes her over the edge — and you can hear her “I’m breaking up with youuuuuuuuu!!!” echoing off the canyon walls. Check it:

Good news: The couple stayed together, and Powell said at the time she even enjoyed the jump. But if I were Baird, I’d watch my back near sheer precipices.

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