By Catherine Davis | 4.19.17
Commentator, Chief Editor, L&SS
Lou-Ann Merrell, the wife of a popular hiking boot company founder Randy Merrell, and her step-grandson Jackson Standefer, 14 went missing after being swept away by rough rapids in a Grand Canyon National Park creek in Arizona this past Saturday while they were on family vacation.
Since Merrell is familiar with survival and hiking skills, their family, waiting to hear from them, believe the two stand a good chance of surviving until they are rescued, and Jackson's uncle 'McOmie' told the Denver Post that both are avid hikers and know the area very well, thus, hopefully, they've found shelter in a nearby cave. McOmie also said that their backs were found.
I sure hope they are safe. Of course since Merrell is so adept at hiking and survival skills, that helps to ease our worries a bit.
I did hear in the news that people haven't been swept away in that creek before.
Here are 8 Survival Tips From a Grand Canyon Rescue Ranger
Phillips adds that Grand Canyon has the “busiest and most complex” SAR operation of any national park ... Accidents can happen to anyone. George Mancuso, the paragon of an experienced canyoneer, was swept …
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