A 65-year-old man died this week in the Grand Canyon after slipping over the edge and falling more than 100 feet, a sheriff’s office said.

The incident happened in the Guano Point area of Grand Canyon West, according to the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office.

“A 65-year-old male had slipped and fell over the edge into the canyon and was deceased,” the sheriff’s office’s search and rescue team said, describing how they were called to “assist the Hualapai Nation in a technical recovery” around 2 p.m. Thursday.

“Search and Rescue responded and located him about 130 feet down on a scree pile. Technical rope technicians set up a lowering and raising system using ropes to recover him and convey the body to the Mohave County Medical Examiners Office,” it added.

The identity of the man has not bee

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