The Nationwide Park Carrier says a lacking New Mexico guy who’s “believed to have tried go back and forth down the Colorado River along with his canine on a picket raft” has been discovered lifeless within Grand Canyon Nationwide Park.
Thomas Robison, 58, of Santa Fe, used to be came upon through park rangers within the Colorado River on Friday, in keeping with the NPS.
The company prior to now stated on April 21, a champagne 2001 Toyota Tacoma belonging to Robison “used to be discovered deserted at Lee’s Ferry in Glen Canyon Nationwide Game House” and that his whereabouts had been unknown on the time.
“It’s believed he can have tried to head down the Colorado River along with his canine, who’s a Welsh Corgi, on a self-made raft,” they stated.
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Thomas Robison of Santa Fe, New Mexico, and his canine. (NPS)
Robison’s frame is now being tested through the Coconino County Clinical Examiner and the NPS is investigating the incident. The NPS says “preliminary knowledge” signifies that the frame is of Robison.
The reason for his loss of life is unclear.
It comes after an Arizona hiker died on a well-liked Grand Canyon mountain climbing path in November 2023 in what used to be the tenth loss of life that yr on the nationwide park.
The NPS known that hiker as 65-year-old James Handschy of Oracle, Arizona.
Handschy had spark off for a hike from the South Rim to the river and again alongside the Shiny Angel Path, the company stated, a roundtrip of about 18 miles.
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The do-it-yourself raft that Robison, 58, is thought to have spark off on in an try to go back and forth down the Colorado River, NPS officers say.
In September 2023, every other Grand Canyon hiker died whilst looking to stroll rim to rim in someday, officers stated.
Ranjith Varma, 55, of Manassas, Virginia, used to be making an attempt to trek from the South to North Rim on Sept. 9 when he was unresponsive alongside the North Kaibab Path, roughly one mile south of Cottonwood Campground, the Nationwide Park Carrier stated.
Rangers spoke back to the emergency name in regards to the hiker in misery and deployed a helicopter with seek and rescue staff, the NPS stated.
The NPS says Robison’s frame used to be discovered within Grand Canyon Nationwide Park on Friday, Would possibly 10. (NPS)
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Bystanders carried out CPR till the rangers arrived.
Fox Information’ Stephen Sorace contributed to this record.
