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Arizona Woman Falls To Her Death At Grand Canyon National Park

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By NPT Staff - July 4th, 2020
An Arizona woman fell to her death while looking for a great photo at Mather Point/NPS file

An Arizona woman fell to her death while looking for a great photo at Mather Point/NPS file

An Arizona woman looking for a great photo of the Grand Canyon fell about 100 feet from the South Rim to her death.

Park staff said 59-year-old Maria A. Salgado Lopez of Scottsdale fell about 12:30 p.m. Friday while walking off trail at Mather Point. Her body was recovered about 100 feet below the rim.

Initial reports said the woman had been hiking off trail and taking photographs with family "when she accidentally stepped off the edge."

Grand Canyon National Park staff encourage all visitors to be safe during their visits by staying on designated trails and walkways, always keeping a safe distance from the edge of the rim, and staying behind railings and fences at overlooks.

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Submitted by Tim Bear on July 8, 2020 - 6:12pm.

I worked a summer at Mather Point a few years ago. Sad for the family but things like this happen every year -- ignorant people ignoring protective signs, skirting guard rails, and shunning common sense 'step off trail' and over the edge into the largest crevice in the world .... why? Because they didn't see it? Weren't watching what they were doing or where they were stepping? Is one photo worth it?  


Submitted by Rick B. on July 9, 2020 - 1:04am.

And how many rangers or others were put at risk simply to retrieve her busted up remains?


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