Man falls 130 feet to his death at Grand Canyon after slipping over edge

A 65-year-old man fell 130 feet to his death at the Grand Canyon on Thursday

A 65-year-old man fell 130 feet to his death at the Grand Canyon on Thursday.

At about 2 p.m. on Thursday, the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office received a call to help the Hualapai Nation in a technical recovery at Guano Point, according to a statement shared by the sheriff’s office on Friday.

“A 65-year-old male had slipped and fell over the edge into the canyon and was deceased,” the statement said. “Search and Rescue responded and located him about 130 feet down on a scree pile.” A scree pile is an accumulation of loose, broken rock fragments at the base of a cliff.

The victim’s identity was not released by authorities.

Technical rope technicians constructed a lowering-and-raising system that they used to recover the body before conveying it to the Mohave County Medical Examiner’s Office.