AZ AZ - Morgan Heimer, 22, Grand Canyon National Park, 2 June 2015

GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, AZ - Authorities at Grand Canyon National Park are searching for a Wyoming man who's reported missing after a hike.

Park officials say 22-year-old Morgan Heimer was working as a tour guide on a commercial trip on the Colorado River.

He was reported missing about 8 p.m. Tuesday near Pumpkin Springs by a member of the river trip that was on its sixth day of an eight-day trip.

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While the main focus of the search area is within a 5-mile stretch of Pumpkin Springs, the extended search area stretches to Diamond Creek, 12 miles west of Pumpkin Springs, Park spokeswoman Emily Davis said. These popular spots are on the west side of the national park, closer to Lake Meade at the Arizona-Nevada border.

"Most of the take-out places are at Diamond Creek" for boat trips on the Colorado River in the Park, she said. "The river crew starts at Diamond Creek and motors up and down the river and then returns to Diamond Creek in the evening to camp." The search is on both shore and river, she added.

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Savmom said:

Definitely strange...... the limited info makes you :gaah: :thinking: :waitasec:

And being a guide: wouldn't someone notice if he just walked away? He had to have some outdoorsy type training to be a river tour guide so I can't imagine how he simply "got lost" while being part of a group.

Where's the interviews with other tour members? Was he taking a potty break & never came back? Scouting for a place to eat lunch? When was the last time anyone noticed he was there? So many unanswered questions.

If he fell in the water, the Astral flotation device he was reported to be wearing would have kept him above water, at least enough to call for help if nothing else (LINK TO ONE TYPE OF ASTRAL FLOTATION DEVICE)

I dunno, something seems weird about this whole thing. A 22yo goes mysteriously missing during a GROUP expedition but the info released about the disappearance is pretty much nil :frown:

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pappa rob said:

OK, we don't know what happened. Have you ever been to the Grand Canyon? It's one of the few spots I can think of where you can take three or four steps and end up miles from where you started from. If you're by the river, a misstep or two in the dark. You tumble down an embankment hit your head and end up in the river. No one is going to hear anything. As for hearing as what happened, we're about as high up as you can get on the totem pole as you can get. Most people use the expression "low man on the totem pole" but the lowest one is really the most important.

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The search for the missing Cody river guide in Grand Canyon National Park has been scaled back, a spokeswoman said Wednesday. With no additional clues to guide search efforts on the Colorado River or land, the search for Morgan Heimer, 22, will be limited but continuing, said Emily Davis from the Park’s public affairs office.

“When rangers are in the area, they’ll be looking,” she said. “All the river trips will also be notified.”

Despite an eight-day search for Morgan Heimer, 22, no additional clues have surfaced.

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ms_x_to_the_m said:

Such a weird case. He sounds like he would be ok enough to survive. Hoping he just took off.

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Savmom said:

Not sure if anyone saw this blog post from a relative.

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Heat Warning - Below 4,000 ft (1,219 m) Remains in Effect.
Inner canyon afternoon temperatures will range from 106-112 F (41-45 C) Extra precautions must be taken if you plan to spend time outside. More »

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