Woman Dies While Hiking Grand Canyon Due To Extreme Heat
An Ohio woman hiking the Grand Canyon was found dead on Sunday from what park officials believe was a heat-related illness as temperatures soared to 115 degrees. The backpacker, Michelle Meder, 53, of Hudson, Ohio was on a multi-day hiking trip with several friends when she suddenly became disoriented along the Hermit Trail in Arizona’s Grand Canyon National park and fell unconscious on Saturday night, park officials said on Monday, After Meder became unconscious members of her group hiked down to the Colorado River to flag down a rafting group for help who called the park rangers, Grand Canyo...