Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Death by falling


I you look carefully and enlarge the picture, you can see a trail out to one of the river overlooks. Usually, there is not any emphasis on the Canyon trails other than to hikers. But most of the canyon is accessible by some trail or another due to mining, hunting, tourists or prospectors. However, the Canyon defines the concept of remote. A recent news article points out the challenge:
The National Park Service has released the identity of a man who whose body was recovered earlier this month from below Grand Canyon's South Rim...
The body was discovered by a search team on April 25 in steep terrain about 700 feet below the rim. Crews eventually recovered the body May 6.
The Coconino County Medical Examiner ruled it a death by falling.
It took the Park Service from April 25 to May 5 to get down to the body. Think about it.

 By the way, I would like to get paid to figure out the death came from a fall.

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