Authorities in Arizona reported on Thursday that a lone backpacker had been discovered dead close to a rocky and isolated trail along the Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park. The 60-year-old North Carolina citizen was discovered by helicopter on Wednesday, according to the National Park Service, while traveling between the Lower Tapeats and Deer Creek camps. About 29 miles (46.6 km) northwest of Grand Canyon Village on the south rim, on a river bend, are the two places that can be accessed from the north rim. He was trekking alone for many days from Thunder River to Deer Creek, according to the park service. The Grand Canyon park service states that on Tuesday, rangers received complaints of a hiker who had gone missing after the man neglected to check in with his.
The hiker is thought to be the 14th person this year and the sixth in less than a month to pass away at the canyon. According to park officials, there were 11 fatalities in 2023; on average, there are between 10 and 15 deaths year. Authorities claimed that an 80-year-old man, whose name has not yet been made public, fell into the river near Fossil Rapid, around 10 miles (16 km) upriver from Tapeats Creek, on Sunday while participating in a commercial river excursion. On August 22, while hiking, Chenoa Nickerson, a 33-year-old resident of the Gilbert, Arizona, area, was washed away in a flash flood. Her body was discovered on Sunday.
20-year-old Leticia A. Castillo of New Mexico was found dead on August 8 below Twin Overlooks; 43-year-old Justin Guthrie of Missouri died on August 1 while attempting a forbidden Base jump from Yavapai Point; and 20-year-old Abel Joseph Mejia of North Carolina died on July 31 at the south rim.
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