Grand Canyon deaths

A 74-year-old man from Olympia, Wash., has died while hiking between the South and North rims in Grand Canyon National Park.

Sixteen people have died in the backcountry of Grand Canyon National Park so far this year. It’s a higher-than-average number for the park, which typically sees about a dozen deaths annually.

The body of the 71-year-old man from Morrison, Colorado was recovered Tuesday. Only days prior, the body of a 59-year-old man from Salida, Colorado was recovered from a different private river trip.

Officials say the 60-year-old North Carolina man was on a multi-day solo backpacking trip on the remote Thunder River Trail-Deer Creek Loop in Grand Canyon National Park. He was found dead Wednesday.

Grand Canyon National Park officials say an 80-year-old man died Sunday after his boat flipped at Fossil Rapid on the Colorado River.

Earlier this month, park staff recovered the body of a man who attempted to illegally BASE jump from the popular Yavapai Point on the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park. But most who try to do so are out of reach of park law enforcement.

The body of an Albuquerque, New Mexico woman was located 150 feet below the rim near Twin Overlooks north of Desert View Drive Wednesday.

Grand Canyon National Park recovered the body of a 20-year-old North Carolina Man after he fell from the South Rim near Pipe Creek Overlook Wednesday.

Grand Canyon National Park officials say 69-year-old Scott Sims died while hiking along the River Trail near Phantom Ranch Saturday.

Sixty-five-year-old James Handschy was reportedly attempting to hike from the Grand Canyon's South Rim to the Colorado River and back in one day, a popular undertaking among avid hikers.