Overview
- The Mohave County Sheriff's Office responded around 2 p.m. Thursday to assist the Hualapai Nation with a technical recovery at Grand Canyon West.
- Search-and-rescue teams found the victim approximately 130 feet below the rim on a pile of loose rock fragments.
- Rope technicians set up a lowering and raising system to retrieve the remains, which were transported to the Mohave County Medical Examiner's Office.
- Hualapai Tribal Police, Hualapai Nation Fire, Bureau of Indian Affairs Police and Grand Canyon West Security assisted in the operation, authorities said.
- Officials released photos of the recovery and offered condolences, noting the incident occurred on Hualapai Reservation land with railingless terrain near the viewpoint.