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8th Person Dies at Grand Canyon in Less Than 6 Weeks

This year has seen 16 deaths so far, when the annual average is 17

(Newser) - Shortly after its seventh death since July 31, the Grand Canyon saw its eighth: The body of a 71-year-old man who went missing while on a boat trip at the national park was found Tuesday, the AP reports. His remains have not been formally identified, and the incident is under...

Missing Hiker, 60, Found Dead in Grand Canyon

North Carolina man is 6th to die at canyon in the space of a month

(Newser) - A solo backpacker has been found dead near a rugged and remote trail along the Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park, authorities in Arizona said Thursday. The National Park Service said the 60-year-old North Carolina resident was located by helicopter Wednesday along a route connecting the Lower Tapeats and...

Flash Flood Sweeps Hiker Into Grand Canyon Creek
Body of Missing Hiker
in Grand Canyon Is Found
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Body of Missing Hiker in Grand Canyon Is Found

Arizona's Chenoa Nickerson, 33, was found by rafters in the Colorado River after flash flood

(Newser) - The body of a 33-year-old Arizona woman who disappeared during a flash flood in Grand Canyon National Park has been found, reports the New York Times . Chenoa Nickerson of Gilbert was swept into the water near the confluence of the Colorado River and Havasu Creek while hiking on Thursday. On...

Multi-Day Search for Woman in Grand Canyon Ends Tragically

Leticia Castillo of New Mexico found dead

(Newser) - Three people died at the Grand Canyon in less than a week, with the latest death being that of a 20-year-old Albuquerque woman who is believed to have entered the canyon on or around August 3. Leticia Castillo went missing, prompting a multi-day search, and her body was found Tuesday,...

3 Hikers Die in Grand Canyon Over a 3-Week Period

Area has been experiencing high temperatures

(Newser) - Over a three-week period, three hikers have died at the Grand Canyon. Most recently, a 50-year-old man was found unresponsive on the Bright Angel Trail Sunday afternoon. He was just 100 feet below the trail head, and bystanders started CPR while waiting for emergency personnel to respond, but he could...

Dozens of Hikers Got Very Sick After Visiting Famed Waterfalls

Arizona tourist destination may have been hit by virus outbreak

(Newser) - Dozens of hikers say they fell ill during trips to a popular Arizona tourist destination that features towering blue-green waterfalls deep in a gorge neighboring Grand Canyon National Park, the AP reports. Madelyn Melchiors, a 32-year-old veterinarian from Kingman, Arizona, said she was vomiting severely Monday evening and had a...

Search for Grand Canyon Raft Rider Has Tragic End

Thomas Robison disappeared on journey with dog on a homemade raft

(Newser) - The search for a man believed to have tried to navigate the Grand Canyon with his dog in a homemade raft has come to a tragic end. In a news release, the National Park Service said a body believed to be that of 58-year-old New Mexico man Thomas Lee Robison...

Parents of Man Killed in Grand Canyon Crash Get $100M Settlement

Helicopter's fuel tank 'was basically a fire bomb'

(Newser) - A Nevada judge has approved a $100 million cash settlement to the parents of a British tourist who was among five killed—including his newlywed wife —when a helicopter crashed and burst into flames in the Grand Canyon in 2018. Under the settlement, the family of Jonathan Udall, 31,...

He's the Oldest Person to Hike Grand Canyon Rim to Rim

Alfredo Aliaga Burdio snags world record at 92

(Newser) - It took Alfredo Aliaga Burdio 21 hours and 15 minutes to hike the 24 miles from the North Rim to the South Rim of the Grand Canyon. But the 92-year-old Spaniard just confirmed as the oldest person to complete the trek is sure he could've moved faster. "[There...

Injured Grand Canyon Hiker Rescued After Friends Left Him

63-year-old man had suffered a traumatic shoulder injury

(Newser) - Search and rescue crews managed to reach a 63-year-old who suffered a traumatic shoulder injury while hiking in the Grand Canyon thanks to an emergency call sent by an Apple device on Friday. But when they got to him, the device was no longer with him, CBS News reports. The...

Elderly Cancer Patient Pulls Off Grueling Feat at Grand Canyon

Fran Anderson, 81, finishes 24-mile rim-to-rim hike in 21 hours, with family by her side

(Newser) - An 81-year-old grandmother of nine with blood cancer who nearly died of pneumonia a few months back has pulled off a feat that would test even the healthiest among us. On Sept. 4, Fran Anderson of Orange, California, finished a rim-to-rim hike across the Grand Canyon, a 24-mile trek that...

He Tried to Hike From Rim to Rim, Died Halfway Through

Ranjith Varma of Virginia becomes 9th person to die inside Grand Canyon this year

(Newser) - Another hiker has died amid triple-digit temperatures in Grand Canyon National Park. Ranjith Varma, a 55-year-old man from Manassas, Virginia, died Saturday while attempting a 21-mile trek from the south rim of the canyon to the north rim, a grueling journey that can take up to 15 hours, CBS News...

Teen Falls From Grand Canyon's North Rim, Survives

Boy has already been discharged from hospital after scary incident

(Newser) - The father of a boy who fell almost 100 feet from the Grand Canyon's north rim feared the worst when he heard what had happened—but miraculously, teenager Wyatt Kauffman survived. "We're just lucky we're bringing our kid home in a car in the front seat....

Biden: New Monument Is 'Good for the Country's Soul'

Move doubles Grand Canyon protected area

(Newser) - Declaring it good "not only for Arizona but for the planet," President Biden on Tuesday signed a national monument designation for the greater Grand Canyon, turning the decades-long visions of Native American tribes and environmentalists into reality. Coming as Biden is on a three-state Western trip, the move...

Biden Nears Blocking Mining With a National Monument

Grand Canyon plan would honor tribes

(Newser) - President Biden could announce as soon as next week his decision to set aside more than a million acres near the Grand Canyon as a national monument, a move that would protect it from uranium mining. A coalition of tribes, environmental groups, and elected officials have been calling for the...

Amazon Delivers to Bottom of Grand Canyon, in a Unique Way

Company can't use its vans to reach workers at Phantom Ranch, but mules do the trick

(Newser) - You may be accustomed to seeing those ubiquitous dark-blue vans with the Amazon logo puttering around your town, especially around the holidays when package deliveries are at a peak. In the northwest corner of Arizona, however, a different mode of transport is employed: mules, saddled up with sealed boxes as...

Grand Canyon Tour Bus Crash Kills One, Injures Dozens

8 seriously injured, many others wounded when bus collides with car

(Newser) - One person was killed in a tour bus rollover involving 57 people Tuesday in northern Arizona near the Grand Canyon West Skywalk, reports the AP . The bus rolled over just before 10am Tuesday at Grand Canyon West on the Hualapai Indian Reservation, according to the tribal police department. Eight people...

Man Fatally Plunges From Grand Canyon's Skywalk

33-year-old's body was recovered

(Newser) - A 33-year-old man fell to his death from the Grand Canyon's Skywalk earlier this month, authorities say. The unidentified man went over the edge at the Grand Canyon West Skywalk around 9am on June 5, AZCentral reports. The U-shaped glass bridge, which does have glass fences that are more...

Grand Canyon Visitor Dies Attempting Ambitious Day Hike

Indiana woman was found without a pulse along Bright Angel Trail

(Newser) - A Grand Canyon hiker was found without a pulse after trying to make it the Colorado River and back in a day. Officials received a report of an "unresponsive hiker" on the Bright Angel Trail, one of the most popular trails through the canyon, at 9pm on May 14,...

91-Year-Old Is Oldest Person to Cross Grand Canyon

He's the oldest person to cross it rim-to-rim on foot, which he did in 5 days

(Newser) - The latest evidence that age ain't nothin' but a number: John Jepkema has been honored for crossing the Grand Canyon rim-to-rim on foot when he was 91 years old, becoming the oldest person ever to do so. The Colorado man, whose 2019 feat was recently acknowledged by Guinness World...

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