LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A 67-year-old Texas man died Tuesday on the Grand Canyon after abandoning an try and hike right down to the Colorado River. He rotated and commenced ascending towards the rim earlier than he was discovered, in response to the Nationwide Park Service (NPS).
Emergency responders had been dispatched after a name at about 11:50 a.m. reporting an unresponsive hiker on the South Kaibab Path, beneath Cedar Ridge.
Medical personnel went to the positioning on foot, the place they discovered that bystanders had already initiated lifesaving efforts. Makes an attempt to resuscitate the hiker had been unsuccessful.
NPS mentioned the person was from Alvarado, Texas. He was making an attempt to get to Phantom Ranch for an in a single day keep on the backside of the canyon when he determined to show round.
An investigation is being performed by NPS in coordination with the Coconino County Medical Examiner. No further data is obtainable presently.
A information launch from NPS mentioned temperatures on uncovered components of the path can exceed 120 levels within the shade. Guests are suggested towards mountain climbing within the inside canyon from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The park’s webpage consists of data meant particularly for hikers to tell them of path and climate situations.
The excessive temperature reached 94 on the rim of the Grand Canyon on Tuesday. The temperature on the backside of the canyon was about 20 levels hotter.
