Awe, our sleeping quarters. This is not your ordinary hostel. Plush floors (wood), immaculate, beer and wine service, and even a gourmet cooking facilities. We have to wake up early (6:00 a.m.) to catch our bus ride to the Lake O'hara wilderness area. Watch for our next update on July 5th. Happy 4th everyone.
Copyright KOZMO 2005
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Hope trip is going well and everyone is safe unlike the scout leader below. We did this trail last Nov in snow and it can be tough on many especially in the crazy heat. Smart people avoid GC during the hot months!
Date
July 01, 2005
Contact
Maureen Oltrogge, 928/638-7779
Grand Canyon, AZ - A 45 year-old California man collapsed and died while hiking with a Boy Scout group in Grand Canyon National Park this morning. The man, Joseph Roitz, and 10 others had hiked into the canyon on Wednesday with the intention of spending several days hiking in the Grand Canyon. The group spent last night at Cottonwood Campground on the north side of the Colorado River and were on a day hike to the North Rim when Roitz collapsed.
A member of the group administered CPR but was unable to save Roitz.
The incident occurred on the North Kaibab Trail approximately two miles below the rim and approximately five miles above Cottonwood Campground.
His body has been flown to the South Rim and will be transported to the Coconino County Medical Examiner’s Office in Flagstaff, Arizona.
An investigation will be completed by the National Park Service.
Bro and Bro did the GC trail below as part of a 24 mile dayhike from rim-rim. Leg where scout leader died is about 7 miles long and it sounds like incident was with 2 miles to go at about 7K feet. Last year a senior citizen died on same trail when his 60 pound pack shifted and he fell several hundred feet.
Hope you all are having fun! We are just getting ready to head out with our 6, but after 25 hours, we get to sit at G-ma's for a week and have her take care of us! T. hope you are holding up! See you when you get back!!
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