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Meder was discovered dead on a challenging trail with minimal shade, according to Baird. The sole sources of water were a few tiny streams. The local medical examiner s office is investigating Meder s death to establish the exact cause of death.
According to the National Weather Service, the temperature at Phantom Ranch, near the bottom of the Grand Canyon, hit 116 degrees on Saturday. On Sunday, it reached 115 degrees.
According to the Associated Press, the temperature on the canyon s South Rim is roughly 20 degrees lower than at the bottom.
Summer temperatures on exposed portions of the route may reach above 120 degrees in the shade, according to the Park Service, and rangers advise tourists to avoid trekking in the inner canyon between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. The majority of persons seeking emergency medical assistance in the canyon due to heat sickness do so within these hours, according to the statement.
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Downsides of hiking in a heat wave: Risk of sunburn and heat stroke, your back ends up soaked with sweat, you have to get up at the crack of dawn to enjoy comfortable temperatures on the trail.
Upside: Maybe you can just leave that stove at home.
For the past few weeks, the western US has been in the grip of a record-setting heat wave, with temperatures soaring into the triple digits. The southwest has gotten some of the worst of it, with temperatures at Phantom Ranch in the Grand Canyon cresting at 115 degrees.
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GRAND CANYON, Ariz. – A 53-year-old woman died over the weekend at the Grand Canyon from what officials believe was a heat-related illness.
The Grand Canyon Regional Communications Center received a report at around 1:15 p.m. Sunday that a backpacker was experiencing heat illness on the Tonto Trail near Monument Creek, the Grand Canyon National Park said in a news release.
Michelle Meder of Hudson, Ohio, became disoriented and later unconscious while hiking down the Hermit Trail on Saturday during a multiday backpacking trip through the area, the park said.
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