The scariest thing about the Grand Canyon were all the people and even their kids being so close to the edge when I visited there twice on a trip in 2007. It has to be a hundred times worse now with the advent of smartphones. I was white-knuckled with fear watching people trying to get a "good picture." I respected that canyon too much; I was more than cautious when I stepped out there on Mather Point, which has railing. I just don't understand people at all.
I have the book about the deaths at the Grand Canyon called Over the Edge: Death in the Grand Canyon. It documents every single death that occurred there. Since the book is a number of years old, it has to be updated.
People simply take too many unnecessary risks, especially at national parks. This is what is known about the woman, who was hiking there:
Officials the the National Park Service say 59-year-old Maria A. Salgado Lopez, from Scottsdale, was visiting the park around noon when she went hiking off trail. She accidentally stepped off the edge while trying to get some pictures and fell about 100 feet near Mather Point.Getting that perfect shot isn't worth losing your life over.
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