Emory Grad Student Dies After Jumping Fence at Stone Mountain
Decatur Metro | March 25, 2010I’m a few hours late with this news, but for those detached from the news cycle over the past 24 hours, be warned – Stone Mountain is more dangerous than it looks. From the AJC…
The body of an Emory University graduate student reported missing Tuesday night was found Wednesday morning on the sculpted side of Stone Mountain.
Antony Edge plunged some 600 feet to his death after crossing a protective fence on the mountaintop, said Chuck Kelley, the park’s chief of police and fire.
…”The mountain is very deceiving and that’s why we have that fence,” [Kelley] said. “You can start over and it doesn’t look that steep, but when you stop and turn around, the mountain is very steep.”











