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Rangers at Grand Canyon found the body of a missing person earlier this week, marking the third death at the national park since July 31, officials said Thursday. The body of Leticia Castillo, 20, of Albuquerque, was discovered Tuesday 150 feet below an overlook on the canyon’s South Rim, the National Park Service said in a news release. Castillo was believed to have entered the park on Aug. 3, the agency said.
jumper — an extreme sport that involves leaping from fixed objects like bridges, cliffs and buildings with a parachute — was found 500 feet below Yavapai Point, also on the park’s south rim. jumping is banned in the Grand Canyon, the park service said. And it has generally been prohibited across the national park system, an agency official said in a memo earlier this year. The memo came amid renewed interest in the sport, according to the official, who issued guidance saying
jumping may be allowed within the system by permit if determined to be an 'appropriate activity.' In an email Thursday, Grand Canyon spokesperson Joëlle Baird said last week's fatal jump, which was reported on the morning of Aug. 1, occurred after the man's parachute separated from him. It was found on a cliff face 200 feet above his body. On July 31, Indiana college student Abel Mejia fell to his death near an overlook on the park’s South Entrance Road.
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