The 55-year-old man from Virginia was attempting to make the 21-mile trip from the South Rim to the North Rim in a single day, authorities said Monday.
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. — A 55-year-old Virginia man died in the Grand Canyon while trying to hike from the South Rim to the North Rim in a single day, a distance of 21 miles, authorities said Monday.
Aaround 2 p.m. Saturday, the Grand Canyon Regional Communications Center reported receiving an emergency call of a hiker in distress on the North Kaibab Trail, about one mile south of Cottonwood Campground. Varma became unresponsive, and bystanders and rangers both unsuccessfully tried to resuscitate him, park officials said.
The high temperature on Saturday was 87 degrees at Grand Canyon Airport, which is about a 20-minute drive from the South Rim.
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