Police have recovered the physique of a North Carolina man who was declared lacking Tuesday after disappearing whereas on a solo hike in Arizona’s Grand Canyon Nationwide Park.
The Nationwide Park Service has but to launch the person’s identify or reveal what city he hails from however did be aware he was 60 years outdated.
A search helicopter situated the physique on Wednesday morning, close to the park’s Thunder River Path.
The person had launched into a solo multi-day backpacking journey from Thunder River to Deer Creek, one of many park’s most troublesome backcountry trails. The park service didn’t say what day he set out for the 30-mile hike.
Kinfolk reported the person lacking Tuesday when he didn’t verify in with them.
A trigger and method of demise are nonetheless pending.
The unidentified man is now the 14th individual to die this yr within the park, which sees upwards of 4.7 million guests every year.
Eleven individuals died within the park in 2023. Park officers mentioned on common, there are between 10 to fifteen deaths within the Grand Canyon every year.
Final weekend, police situated the physique of an Arizona girl who disappeared in Grand Canyon Nationwide Park following a flash flood days earlier.
Chenoa Nickerson, 33, from the Phoenix suburb of Gilbert, was found by a bunch rafting down the Colorado River by the Grand Canyon on Sunday.
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