Found Deceased AZ - Sarah Beadle, 38, Grand Canyon National Park, 1 Aug 2017

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38-year-old Sarah Beadle of Fort Worth had reservations to stay at the Bright Angel Campground on Tuesday, but didn’t arrive. She was hiking down the South Kaibab Trail and her backpack was found near the junction of the South Kaibab Trail and the River Trail.

Beadle was hiking with two children – ages 10 and 11 – who are safe and accounted for.

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http://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/community/fort-worth/article165020667.html
 
They say Beadle is an experienced backpacker and hiker who last hiked at the Grand Canyon in 2002.
"She was on a trip with the kids visiting national parks, but I don't have all the details," said Beadle's older brother Charles Lawrence Springer, of the Baton Rouge area in Louisiana. "I know they had gone to Yellowstone (National Park) as well."

Springer declined to confirm any personal details about his sister.
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http://www.chron.com/news/texas/article/Texas-woman-reported-missing-at-Grand-Canyon-11728199.php
 
So, what do the kids say happened?
 
Amster said:
So, what do the kids say happened?
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I wonder if there is another person involved. Why would police withhold what the kids saw or heard unless they suspect there is foul play and the perp is the only other person who knows the details?
 
TGIRecovered said:
I wonder if there is another person involved. Why would police withhold what the kids saw or heard unless they suspect there is foul play and the perp is the only other person who knows the details?
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I agree, something feels off about this. The kids make it back ok, but the experienced hiker didn't? And if say she fell and broke something, she didn't tell the kids what to do to get help? Don't get me wrong, I am in no way bad mouthing her, I just think she is more then simply missing.
 
Press release from the Parks Service asks for anyone who saw or interacted with her to contact them. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/missing-person-at-grand-canyon.htm

If there had been another person with them, I think officials would be looking for that person too. Also, there's no indication police are involved, it's just search and rescue personnel. I wonder if she was having mental health issues, that could explain the reticent public statements and her abandoning the kids. Leaving her backpack there indicates she went down to the river.
 
Looks like severe weather warnings are hitting the area, hopefully, she will be found before then.
https://www.nps.gov/grca/planyourvisit/lightning-danger.htm
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Showers and Thunderstorms with Lightning Danger Are Expected This Week. Expect a typical monsoon pattern with scattered thunderstorms developing each day. Thunderstorm hazards will include lightning, moderate rainfall, and small hail.
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HIM_Darling said:
This article was updated to say that they found her deceased, possibly due to heat exhaustion.
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According to her husband Scott, Dr. Beadle was hiking in the Grand Canyon with two children, ages 10 and 11, when one of the children began feeling dizzy from heat exhaustion after running out of water. Dr. Beadle's husband says she left the children in a safe location while she went ahead to get water and help.

"Somewhere along the trail, she made a wrong turn and got lost.," Scott says. "The Park Rangers suspect she died of heat exhaustion. Another hiker found [the children], gave them some water and escorted them to the camp.

:rose: RIP Sarah :rose;

http://www.easttexasmatters.com/new...r-reported-missing-in-national-park/781695891
 
JerseyGirl said:
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According to her husband Scott, Dr. Beadle was hiking in the Grand Canyon with two children, ages 10 and 11, when one of the children began feeling dizzy from heat exhaustion after running out of water. Dr. Beadle's husband says she left the children in a safe location while she went ahead to get water and help.

"Somewhere along the trail, she made a wrong turn and got lost.," Scott says. "The Park Rangers suspect she died of heat exhaustion. Another hiker found [the children], gave them some water and escorted them to the camp.

:rose: RIP Sarah :rose;

http://www.easttexasmatters.com/new...r-reported-missing-in-national-park/781695891
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So heartbreaking. She died trying to get help for her kids.

RIP Dr. Beadle :rose:
 
Lack of water is one of the most common reasons people die while hiking, especially in the Grand Canyon. What a sad story.
 
Water is very heavy, so there's a tendency to not want to carry any 'extra'. The bottom of the canyon is much hotter than the rim, there's no shade on that trail, and much depends on your health and hydration before you even start the hike, whether you'll handle the heat. They may have had to use drinking water to try to cool off, wetting face and body to try to cool down.
 
Reports also said she was wearing just shorts and a t-shirt, no mention of a hat. I hope to goodness they weren't hiking without wide-brimmed hats, it make a big difference in protection from overheating.
 
I wonder just how experienced she was at hiking Even if it was her first hike there she still had to have known the weather conditions.An experienced hiker does not mean an educated hiker. It is fortunate she new enough to leave the children where they would be found but what if no other hikers came along,how well traveled is the place she left them? So many deaths in parks this year.
 
Oh how awful, I stayed away from this case mainly due to the grim and likely circumstances...it's just so sad. A mom, being active with her kids, goes to get them help and doesn't make it out herself. Hiking is one of those things that seems so fun and carefree but very quickly can become dangerous and deadly. A hiker told me once that it's better to exhaust your legs from carrying extra water and have to turn around or just sit down than it is to make it further with less water. Prayers for her family, how absolutely terrible.


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cuffem said:
I wonder just how experienced she was at hiking Even if it was her first hike there she still had to have known the weather conditions.An experienced hiker does not mean an educated hiker. It is fortunate she new enough to leave the children where they would be found but what if no other hikers came along,how well traveled is the place she left them? So many deaths in parks this year.
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It seems that possibly they were hiking in the middle of the day, when there would be few other hikers, when I did it in April you'd only have to wait 10 minutes for someone to come along. There are people that die every summer from heat exhaustion/dehydration in the Grand Canyon, it's literally an oven in there. And yet so many others do it fine, or at least get rescued in time. I guess it's just feeling inappropropriately confident, and then having the bad luck to lose the trail, likely from effects heat stroke .

Sadly, there was another trail they could have used, that has water taps and shade. But the trail they were on is recommended as being more scenic.
 
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