LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A 65-year-old man died in a fall off a 130-foot cliff on the Grand Canyon, and rescue groups had been introduced in to get better the physique on Thursday, in line with the Mohave County Sheriff’s Workplace (MCSO).
Info supplied by MCSO indicated the person had slipped. His physique was recovered on free rocks on the backside of the cliff.
The incident occurred someday earlier than 2 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 6, simply north of the Grand Canyon West Skywalk attraction on the west rim of the Grand Canyon. The world is throughout the Hualapai Nation.
Rescue groups decrease a basket to get better a physique on the west rim of the Grand Canyon. (Picture: Mohave County Sheriff’s Workplace)
Rescue groups start to decrease a basket to get better a physique on the west rim of the Grand Canyon. (Picture: Mohave County Sheriff’s Workplace)
Rescue groups work to get better a physique on the west rim of the Grand Canyon. (Picture: Mohave County Sheriff’s Workplace)
Rescue groups work on the website the place a person fell 130 ft to his dying on the west rim of the Grand Canyon. (Picture: Mohave County Sheriff’s Workplace)
Search and rescue groups situated the physique on the backside of a ledge close to Guano Level. Technical rope groups retrieved the physique, which was taken to the Mohave County Medical Examiner’s Workplace, in line with MCSO.
Additionally helping within the restoration had been Bureau of Indian Affairs Police, Hualapai Nation Fireplace crews, and Grand Canyon West Safety.
The Grand Canyon West Skywalk is about 125 miles from Las Vegas by automobile, accessed by way of U.S. 93 to Dolan Springs, Arizona, then northwest on Pierce Ferry Highway to Diamond Bar Highway.
