Robbie Knievel's Grand Canyon jump in 1999 was a spectacular and dangerous stunt that fulfilled his father Evel's long-standing, unfulfilled dream. The jump happened on May 20, 1999, across a chasm on the Hualapai Indian Reservation on the western rim of the Grand Canyon. This was necessary because the National Park Service had previously refused Evel Knievel permission to perform the jump. At its narrowest point, the chasm was 200 feet wide, and the jump was made from 2,500 feet above the canyo