Missing Grand Canyon hiker, 83, rescued after getting separated from companion

An 83-year-old hiker who vanished successful a distant agelong of Grand Canyon National Park aft separating from his companion was recovered live aft an aggravated all-night hunt crossed rugged burn-scarred terrain, officials said Thursday.

Gerald Guinn, an experienced outdoorsman from Kanab, Utah, was recovered astir 6:30 p.m. connected Tuesday during a National Park Service chopper search, astir 2.5 miles from wherever helium was past seen connected the park's North Rim, according to the National Park Service and the Kane County Sheriff's Office.

Guinn disappeared Monday aft helium and his hiking companion intentionally divided up portion taking a abbreviated hike astir 12:30 p.m. successful hunt of a adjacent historical entity successful a distant country adjacent the park's northeastern boundary, the sheriff’s bureau said. While his hiking spouse recovered the object, Guinn ne'er showed up. After respective hours of searching, the different hiker called for help.

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The sheriff's bureau described Gerald Guinn, 83 arsenic an experienced outdoorsman. (National Park Service)

Search crews from Grand Canyon National Park, Coconino County Search and Rescue , and Kane County Search and Rescue spent the nighttime looking for Guinn. Teams searched connected ft done burned forest, the sheriff’s bureau said, portion drones, hunt dogs and helicopters helped screen the distant area.

On Tuesday, investigators were capable to constrictive the hunt aft receiving a cellphone ping from Guinn's phone. When a National Park Service chopper aboriginal spotted him, Guinn waved to the unit overhead, the sheriff's bureau said.

A rescue squad hiked astir 1.5 miles to scope Guinn aft a chopper spotted him successful steep, rugged terrain. (Kane County Sheriff's Office)

The chopper couldn't onshore due to the fact that of the steep, rugged terrain, truthful a Kane County Search and Rescue squad hiked astir 1.5 miles to scope him. Deputies said Guinn was successful bully spirits but was acold and incapable to walk. Rescuers gave him h2o and lukewarm covering portion deciding however to get him retired safely.

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With acheronian mounting in, a chopper rescue was nary longer an option. Instead, a paramedic was flown to the scene, and astir 20 rescuers took turns carrying Guinn done the unsmooth terrain successful a rescue stretcher, clearing fallen trees and marking hazards on the mode until they reached a adjacent roadworthy astir 1:30 a.m. — a time and a fractional aft Guinn archetypal acceptable retired connected the hike.

About 20 rescuers took turns carrying Guinn done the unsmooth terrain successful a rescue stretcher, clearing fallen trees and marking hazards on the way, authorities said. (Kane County Sheriff's Office)

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Guinn was checked by exigency aesculapian unit and released, according to the sheriff's office.

The National Park Service thanked Coconino County Search and Rescue and Kane County Search and Rescue for helping bring the hunt to a palmy end.