3rd hiker dies in Grand Canyon in last 3 weeks
abcnews.go.com
A man hiking in the Grand Canyon has died after being found unresponsive over the weekend, marking the third death in the national park within the last three weeks.
A 50-year-old unresponsive male hiker was found on the Bright Angel Trail in the Grand Canyon about 100 feet from the trail head on Sunday, according to the Grand Canyon Regional Communications Center.
Bystanders began CPR while emergency personnel responded to the scene, but efforts to resuscitate the hiker were unsuccessful.
You are viewing a single comment
what's a switchback?
Part of a hiking trail that zigzags up steep terrain
Also part of a road that zigzags up steep terrain.
And named after railroad switchbacks, which are multiple tracks that zigzag up steep terrain and require the train to switch back and forth as it climbs. Hence the name.
A switchback is to a hiking trail what a hairpin curve is to a mountain road.