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Wingsuit flyer killed in mountain jump near Canmore, Alta.
Postmedia Network
First posted: Monday, June 08, 2015 08:07 AM EDT | Updated: Monday, June 08, 2015 08:10 AM EDT
EDMONTON -- An Edmonton-area wingsuit flyer was killed when his parachute failed to deploy off a 2,407 m mountain near Canmore, Alta., Mounties say.
RCMP were called in to assist Kananaskis Emergency Services at around 9:30 a.m. on Sunday.
Police say the 40-year-old man jumped off of Ha Ling Peak with two others wearing wingsuits. Police say the man crashed into the trees below after his parachute didn’t launch. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police are not releasing the man’s name.
Wingsuit flying, or wingsuiting, is a skydiving-style extreme sport that requires a special jumpsuit equipped with wings on the arms and legs that increase the skydiver’s surface area to increase lift and allow him/her to fly.
RCMP and the Calgary coroner is are investigating the death.
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Wingsuit jumper identified as Gabriel Hubert from Edmonton
By Catherine Griwkowsky, Edmonton Sun First posted: Monday, June 08, 2015 01:01 PM EDT | Updated: Monday, June 08, 2015 11:46 PM EDT
Friends are identifying the Edmonton man killed while doing a wingsuit jump in Canmore as Gabriel Hubert.
RCMP say the 40-year-old man jumped off Ha Ling Peak near Canmore but crashed into trees when his parachute failed to deploy. He died at the scene about 9:30 a.m. Sunday.
An avid skydiver, BASE (building, antenna, span, and earth) jumper, and wingsuit flyer, Hubert had been profiled in Vice Magazine and National Geographic.
He had been injured before and had lost a friend to the sport, but it didn't deter him from doing what he loved.
Hubert, a contract welder by trade, was the president of 3WA, the Three Welders Association, dedicated to the sport.
On a social network for extreme sports enthusiasts, he said he had been recovering from a BASE jump-related injury for three years.
A friend who jumped a second after Hubert wrote details of his death on a BASE jumping wiki, saying when they found Hubert, his parachute was still inside the bottom of the container. The friend said he reviewed video and said the suit was not performing well. He said his friend - who was nicknamed Ramrod - lived and died "full speed."
"Ramrod was a legend around here and was well known around the world," his friend wrote. "Anyone that knew him will feel this for a long long time."
In an interview with VICE magazine in April, Hubert said he accepted death as a risk of the sport.
"To jump off a cliff and fly down a mountain, it feels so amazing. But on the inverse side of the coin, with great with great happiness can come great sadness," Hubert was quoted as saying in the piece.
An Edmonton skydiver, who wishes to be anonymous, says skydiving, base jumping and proximity flying -- also known as wingsuit flying -- are all very different aerial sports.
The skydiver said typically a jumper would do hundreds of base jumping before donning a wingsuit and they would typically practise on low-risk jumps with the suit before tackling tougher jumps such as off of buildings or mountains.
He described proximity flying as "hundreds and hundreds of times more dangerous" than skydiving.
"I don't have a dead friend that's a skydiver," he said.
The wingsuits cost between $1,000 and $2,000 and are made of nylon.
"You're definitely living the dream if you're doing it, but it's high risk," the skydiver said of proximity flying.
Chris Day, an instructor at Skydive Eden North, wrote on Facebook that his friend would be missed.
"I can distinctly remember the day you and the other 2 welders showed up on the DZ to start skydiving and how hard you guys charged to get through AFF (accelerated free fall)," Day wrote.
BASE jumping itself is not illegal, but the Edmonton Police Service has caught BASE jumpers in the city who broke into under construction towers with trespassing.
A charge of trespassing against Hubert stemming back to an incident on Feb. 5 was withdrawn in court on March 31.
Hubert leaves behind two children.
catherine.griwkowsky@sunmedia.ca
@SunGriwkowskyC
Gabriel Hubert screen shot from YouTube video.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9olPl4oxdw
Wingsuit jumper identified as Gabriel Hubert from Edmonton | Canada | News | Tor
Postmedia Network
First posted: Monday, June 08, 2015 08:07 AM EDT | Updated: Monday, June 08, 2015 08:10 AM EDT
EDMONTON -- An Edmonton-area wingsuit flyer was killed when his parachute failed to deploy off a 2,407 m mountain near Canmore, Alta., Mounties say.
RCMP were called in to assist Kananaskis Emergency Services at around 9:30 a.m. on Sunday.
Police say the 40-year-old man jumped off of Ha Ling Peak with two others wearing wingsuits. Police say the man crashed into the trees below after his parachute didn’t launch. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police are not releasing the man’s name.
Wingsuit flying, or wingsuiting, is a skydiving-style extreme sport that requires a special jumpsuit equipped with wings on the arms and legs that increase the skydiver’s surface area to increase lift and allow him/her to fly.
RCMP and the Calgary coroner is are investigating the death.
Wingsuit flyer killed in mountain jump near Canmore, Alta. | Canada | News | Tor
Wingsuit jumper identified as Gabriel Hubert from Edmonton
By Catherine Griwkowsky, Edmonton Sun First posted: Monday, June 08, 2015 01:01 PM EDT | Updated: Monday, June 08, 2015 11:46 PM EDT
Friends are identifying the Edmonton man killed while doing a wingsuit jump in Canmore as Gabriel Hubert.
RCMP say the 40-year-old man jumped off Ha Ling Peak near Canmore but crashed into trees when his parachute failed to deploy. He died at the scene about 9:30 a.m. Sunday.
An avid skydiver, BASE (building, antenna, span, and earth) jumper, and wingsuit flyer, Hubert had been profiled in Vice Magazine and National Geographic.
He had been injured before and had lost a friend to the sport, but it didn't deter him from doing what he loved.
Hubert, a contract welder by trade, was the president of 3WA, the Three Welders Association, dedicated to the sport.
On a social network for extreme sports enthusiasts, he said he had been recovering from a BASE jump-related injury for three years.
A friend who jumped a second after Hubert wrote details of his death on a BASE jumping wiki, saying when they found Hubert, his parachute was still inside the bottom of the container. The friend said he reviewed video and said the suit was not performing well. He said his friend - who was nicknamed Ramrod - lived and died "full speed."
"Ramrod was a legend around here and was well known around the world," his friend wrote. "Anyone that knew him will feel this for a long long time."
In an interview with VICE magazine in April, Hubert said he accepted death as a risk of the sport.
"To jump off a cliff and fly down a mountain, it feels so amazing. But on the inverse side of the coin, with great with great happiness can come great sadness," Hubert was quoted as saying in the piece.
An Edmonton skydiver, who wishes to be anonymous, says skydiving, base jumping and proximity flying -- also known as wingsuit flying -- are all very different aerial sports.
The skydiver said typically a jumper would do hundreds of base jumping before donning a wingsuit and they would typically practise on low-risk jumps with the suit before tackling tougher jumps such as off of buildings or mountains.
He described proximity flying as "hundreds and hundreds of times more dangerous" than skydiving.
"I don't have a dead friend that's a skydiver," he said.
The wingsuits cost between $1,000 and $2,000 and are made of nylon.
"You're definitely living the dream if you're doing it, but it's high risk," the skydiver said of proximity flying.
Chris Day, an instructor at Skydive Eden North, wrote on Facebook that his friend would be missed.
"I can distinctly remember the day you and the other 2 welders showed up on the DZ to start skydiving and how hard you guys charged to get through AFF (accelerated free fall)," Day wrote.
BASE jumping itself is not illegal, but the Edmonton Police Service has caught BASE jumpers in the city who broke into under construction towers with trespassing.
A charge of trespassing against Hubert stemming back to an incident on Feb. 5 was withdrawn in court on March 31.
Hubert leaves behind two children.
catherine.griwkowsky@sunmedia.ca
@SunGriwkowskyC
Gabriel Hubert screen shot from YouTube video.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9olPl4oxdw
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Edmonton man killed in wingsuit jump knew death was a risk
Catherine Griwkowsky, Postmedia Network
First posted: Tuesday, June 09, 2015 06:16 AM EDT | Updated: Tuesday, June 09, 2015 06:22 AM EDT
EDMONTON -- Friends are identifying the city man killed in a failed wingsuit jump in Canmore, Alta., as Gabriel Hubert, who lived and died at "full speed."
RCMP say Hubert, 40, a married father of two, jumped off Ha Ling Peak near Canmore but crashed into trees when his parachute failed to deploy. He died at the scene about 9:30 a.m. Sunday.
An avid skydiver, BASE (building, antenna, span and earth) jumper, and wingsuit flyer, Hubert had been profiled in Vice Magazine and National Geographic.
He had been injured before and lost a friend to the sport, but it didn't deter him from doing what he loved.
Hubert, a contract welder by trade, was the president of 3WA, the Three Welders Association, dedicated to the sport.
On a social network for extreme sports enthusiasts, he said he had been recovering from a BASE jump-related injury for three years.
A friend who jumped a second after Hubert wrote details of his death on a BASE jumping wiki, saying when they found Hubert his parachute was still inside the bottom of the container.
The friend said he reviewed video and said the suit was not performing well. He said Hubert - nicknamed Ramrod - lived and died "full speed."
"Ramrod was a legend around here and was well known around the world," his friend wrote. "Anyone that knew him will feel this for a long long time."
In an interview with VICE magazine in April, Hubert said he accepted death as a risk of the sport.
"To jump off a cliff and fly down a mountain, it feels so amazing. But on the inverse side of the coin, with great happiness can come great sadness," Hubert was quoted as saying.
An Edmonton skydiver, who wishes to be anonymous, says skydiving, BASE jumping and proximity flying -- also known as wingsuit flying -- are all very different aerial sports.
The skydiver said typically a jumper would do hundreds of BASE jumps before donning a wingsuit and they would typically practice on low-risk jumps with the suit before tackling tougher jumps, such as off of buildings or mountains.
He described proximity flying as "hundreds and hundreds of times more dangerous" than skydiving.
"I don't have a dead friend that's a skydiver," he said.
The wingsuits cost between $1,000 and $2,000 and are made of nylon.
"You're definitely living the dream if you're doing it, but it's high risk," the skydiver said of proximity flying.
Chris Day, an instructor at Skydive Eden North, wrote on Facebook that his friend will be missed.
"I can distinctly remember the day you and the other 2 welders showed up on the DZ to start skydiving and how hard you guys charged to get through AFF (accelerated free fall)," Day wrote.
BASE jumping itself is not illegal, but the Edmonton police have caught BASE jumpers in the city who broke into towers under construction with trespassing.
A charge of trespassing against Hubert stemming back on Feb. 5 was withdrawn in court March 31.
catherine.griwkowsky@sunmedia.ca
@SunGriwkowskyC
Edmonton man killed in wingsuit jump knew death was a risk | Canada | News | Tor
Catherine Griwkowsky, Postmedia Network
First posted: Tuesday, June 09, 2015 06:16 AM EDT | Updated: Tuesday, June 09, 2015 06:22 AM EDT
EDMONTON -- Friends are identifying the city man killed in a failed wingsuit jump in Canmore, Alta., as Gabriel Hubert, who lived and died at "full speed."
RCMP say Hubert, 40, a married father of two, jumped off Ha Ling Peak near Canmore but crashed into trees when his parachute failed to deploy. He died at the scene about 9:30 a.m. Sunday.
An avid skydiver, BASE (building, antenna, span and earth) jumper, and wingsuit flyer, Hubert had been profiled in Vice Magazine and National Geographic.
He had been injured before and lost a friend to the sport, but it didn't deter him from doing what he loved.
Hubert, a contract welder by trade, was the president of 3WA, the Three Welders Association, dedicated to the sport.
On a social network for extreme sports enthusiasts, he said he had been recovering from a BASE jump-related injury for three years.
A friend who jumped a second after Hubert wrote details of his death on a BASE jumping wiki, saying when they found Hubert his parachute was still inside the bottom of the container.
The friend said he reviewed video and said the suit was not performing well. He said Hubert - nicknamed Ramrod - lived and died "full speed."
"Ramrod was a legend around here and was well known around the world," his friend wrote. "Anyone that knew him will feel this for a long long time."
In an interview with VICE magazine in April, Hubert said he accepted death as a risk of the sport.
"To jump off a cliff and fly down a mountain, it feels so amazing. But on the inverse side of the coin, with great happiness can come great sadness," Hubert was quoted as saying.
An Edmonton skydiver, who wishes to be anonymous, says skydiving, BASE jumping and proximity flying -- also known as wingsuit flying -- are all very different aerial sports.
The skydiver said typically a jumper would do hundreds of BASE jumps before donning a wingsuit and they would typically practice on low-risk jumps with the suit before tackling tougher jumps, such as off of buildings or mountains.
He described proximity flying as "hundreds and hundreds of times more dangerous" than skydiving.
"I don't have a dead friend that's a skydiver," he said.
The wingsuits cost between $1,000 and $2,000 and are made of nylon.
"You're definitely living the dream if you're doing it, but it's high risk," the skydiver said of proximity flying.
Chris Day, an instructor at Skydive Eden North, wrote on Facebook that his friend will be missed.
"I can distinctly remember the day you and the other 2 welders showed up on the DZ to start skydiving and how hard you guys charged to get through AFF (accelerated free fall)," Day wrote.
BASE jumping itself is not illegal, but the Edmonton police have caught BASE jumpers in the city who broke into towers under construction with trespassing.
A charge of trespassing against Hubert stemming back on Feb. 5 was withdrawn in court March 31.
catherine.griwkowsky@sunmedia.ca
@SunGriwkowskyC
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Two men fall to their death off Alberta cliff
Claire Theobald, Postmedia Network
First posted: Tuesday, June 23, 2015 10:36 PM EDT | Updated: Tuesday, June 23, 2015 10:49 PM EDT
EDMONTON - Two men fell to their deaths at the Crescent Falls Lookout on Tuesday.
At around 1:30 p.m., Rocky Mountain House RCMP responded to a call that two people had fallen off the 15-metre high cliff.
Emergency crews were dispatched, where the bodies of two men were found at the bottom of the cliff.
Their bodies were recovered with a rescue helicopter.
RCMP have identified the men as 34 and 20-years-old, but are not releasing their identities.
Police are investigating whether alcohol may have played a role.
Crescent Falls is about 35 kilometres west of Nordegg, located about 300 kilometres southwest of Edmonton.
The two tiered waterfall, located on the Bighorn River, is 25 metres tall and is a popular area for campers as well as hikers.
One of the Crescent Falls waterfalls in Alberta. (Photo courtesy Erik Lizee, Wikimedia Commons)
Two men fall to their death off Alberta cliff | Canada | News | Toronto Sun
Claire Theobald, Postmedia Network
First posted: Tuesday, June 23, 2015 10:36 PM EDT | Updated: Tuesday, June 23, 2015 10:49 PM EDT
EDMONTON - Two men fell to their deaths at the Crescent Falls Lookout on Tuesday.
At around 1:30 p.m., Rocky Mountain House RCMP responded to a call that two people had fallen off the 15-metre high cliff.
Emergency crews were dispatched, where the bodies of two men were found at the bottom of the cliff.
Their bodies were recovered with a rescue helicopter.
RCMP have identified the men as 34 and 20-years-old, but are not releasing their identities.
Police are investigating whether alcohol may have played a role.
Crescent Falls is about 35 kilometres west of Nordegg, located about 300 kilometres southwest of Edmonton.
The two tiered waterfall, located on the Bighorn River, is 25 metres tall and is a popular area for campers as well as hikers.
One of the Crescent Falls waterfalls in Alberta. (Photo courtesy Erik Lizee, Wikimedia Commons)
Two men fall to their death off Alberta cliff | Canada | News | Toronto Sun
Man dies after being gored by bull in Spain
The Associated Press
First posted: Thursday, June 25, 2015 10:53 AM EDT | Updated: Thursday, June 25, 2015 11:06 AM EDT
MADRID -- A Spanish man has died after being gored by a bull during a summer festival in a southwestern Spanish town.
Coria town spokeswoman Clara Iglesias said Thursday the man was standing at a protective barrier in the town's bull ring when the bull charged and managed to get a horn between the barrier's vertical tube bars to gore him twice. A video of the goring, which occurred Wednesday evening, was posted on several Spanish news websites.
A town hall statement said the 43-year-old man died later from injuries to the abdomen and chest in Coria's hospital. He was from a neighbouring town.
Fiestas featuring bulls are common in Spain and many people are injured each year.
Spain's most famous bull-running event is in the San Fermin festival in Pamplona in July.
Man dies after being gored by bull in Spain | World | News | Toronto Sun
The Associated Press
First posted: Thursday, June 25, 2015 10:53 AM EDT | Updated: Thursday, June 25, 2015 11:06 AM EDT
MADRID -- A Spanish man has died after being gored by a bull during a summer festival in a southwestern Spanish town.
Coria town spokeswoman Clara Iglesias said Thursday the man was standing at a protective barrier in the town's bull ring when the bull charged and managed to get a horn between the barrier's vertical tube bars to gore him twice. A video of the goring, which occurred Wednesday evening, was posted on several Spanish news websites.
A town hall statement said the 43-year-old man died later from injuries to the abdomen and chest in Coria's hospital. He was from a neighbouring town.
Fiestas featuring bulls are common in Spain and many people are injured each year.
Spain's most famous bull-running event is in the San Fermin festival in Pamplona in July.
Man dies after being gored by bull in Spain | World | News | Toronto Sun
Washington state's popular ice caves collapse, leaving one dead
Unseasonably hot weather blamed
Reuters
First posted: Tuesday, July 07, 2015 11:07 AM EDT | Updated: Tuesday, July 07, 2015 03:07 PM EDT
Rescue workers were preparing on Tuesday to recover the body of a woman killed in the partial collapse of an ice cave in Washington state that also injured five others, but the cavern was too dangerous to enter, an official said.
The Snohomish County Sheriff's Office said two men and a woman were airlifted on Monday from the Big Four Ice Caves near Granite Falls, some 40 miles north of Seattle, to nearby hospitals with serious injuries.
Two girls with less serious injuries were driven to a local hospital. Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Shari Ireton said they believed everyone had been accounted for.
Officials had earlier warned that the caves, which host a popular hiking trail and are part of the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, were too treacherous to explore due to unseasonably warm weather.
"They are essentially a frozen-over avalanche chute sitting over a waterfall sitting below a giant rock chute. It's incredibly dangerous," Ireton said.
She said rescue workers could not enter the cave safely and crews were planning how to recover the victim's body, which was at the back of the cave.
Ireton said because of poor cell phone reception in the area, the first call came in about 45 minutes after the collapse. The area will be closed to the public indefinitely, she said.
Chloe Jakubowski, 18, told the Seattle Times newspaper that she and her friends were inside the caves when they heard a loud crack before the ice started to fall.
"As soon as it stopped I looked up and looked around me and it was extremely gruesome, honestly," Jakubowski, who had only minor injuries, told the newspaper. "Everybody there, we grabbed everybody out and helped as best we could."
In May, the U.S. Forest Service warned hikers against entering the Big Four Ice Caves after several sections collapsed in unusually warm spring temperatures.
"The cave is in a condition that we would normally not see until at least September - large, inviting and collapsing," Lead Field Ranger Matthew Riggen said.
Falling ice has long been a danger to hikers in the region during warmer months, officials said. In 2010, an 11-year-old girl was killed near the caves when she was struck by a chunk of ice, forest officials said.
In this July 2010 photo, visitors examine the Big Four Ice Caves in the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest near Granite Falls, Wash. The Snohomish County sheriff's office says rescuers responded to a report of a partial collapse of the ice caves Monday, July 6, 2015. Mark Mulligan/The Herald via AP
Rescue workers prepare to transport a injured woman to the hospital by ambulance, Monday, July 6, 2015 at the Big Four trail head in Verlot, Wash. Genna Martin/The Herald via AP
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlDxgo-L7DM
Washington state's popular ice caves collapse, leaving one dead | World | News |
Unseasonably hot weather blamed
Reuters
First posted: Tuesday, July 07, 2015 11:07 AM EDT | Updated: Tuesday, July 07, 2015 03:07 PM EDT
Rescue workers were preparing on Tuesday to recover the body of a woman killed in the partial collapse of an ice cave in Washington state that also injured five others, but the cavern was too dangerous to enter, an official said.
The Snohomish County Sheriff's Office said two men and a woman were airlifted on Monday from the Big Four Ice Caves near Granite Falls, some 40 miles north of Seattle, to nearby hospitals with serious injuries.
Two girls with less serious injuries were driven to a local hospital. Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Shari Ireton said they believed everyone had been accounted for.
Officials had earlier warned that the caves, which host a popular hiking trail and are part of the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, were too treacherous to explore due to unseasonably warm weather.
"They are essentially a frozen-over avalanche chute sitting over a waterfall sitting below a giant rock chute. It's incredibly dangerous," Ireton said.
She said rescue workers could not enter the cave safely and crews were planning how to recover the victim's body, which was at the back of the cave.
Ireton said because of poor cell phone reception in the area, the first call came in about 45 minutes after the collapse. The area will be closed to the public indefinitely, she said.
Chloe Jakubowski, 18, told the Seattle Times newspaper that she and her friends were inside the caves when they heard a loud crack before the ice started to fall.
"As soon as it stopped I looked up and looked around me and it was extremely gruesome, honestly," Jakubowski, who had only minor injuries, told the newspaper. "Everybody there, we grabbed everybody out and helped as best we could."
In May, the U.S. Forest Service warned hikers against entering the Big Four Ice Caves after several sections collapsed in unusually warm spring temperatures.
"The cave is in a condition that we would normally not see until at least September - large, inviting and collapsing," Lead Field Ranger Matthew Riggen said.
Falling ice has long been a danger to hikers in the region during warmer months, officials said. In 2010, an 11-year-old girl was killed near the caves when she was struck by a chunk of ice, forest officials said.
In this July 2010 photo, visitors examine the Big Four Ice Caves in the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest near Granite Falls, Wash. The Snohomish County sheriff's office says rescuers responded to a report of a partial collapse of the ice caves Monday, July 6, 2015. Mark Mulligan/The Herald via AP
Rescue workers prepare to transport a injured woman to the hospital by ambulance, Monday, July 6, 2015 at the Big Four trail head in Verlot, Wash. Genna Martin/The Herald via AP
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlDxgo-L7DM
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Arizona man and 12-year-old grandson die during hike
David Schwartz, Reuters
First posted: Thursday, July 09, 2015 04:54 PM EDT | Updated: Thursday, July 09, 2015 08:03 PM EDT
PHOENIX - An Arizona science teacher and his 12-year-old grandson were found dead after they went hiking in hot temperatures on an historic desert trail southwest of Phoenix, and the boy's efforts to save them failed, authorities said on Thursday.
The bodies of Thomas Gillespie, 63, and Robert Miller, 12, were found on Wednesday night by deputies near the small town of Gila Bend, said Officer Chris Hegstrom, spokesman for the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office.
Miller was found about 1.5 miles from the trailhead, while Gillespie's body was some four miles further on.
"We believe that he left his grandfather to seek help and that's when he succumbed to the elements," Hegstrom said. "This is just a horrible thing."
Authorities believe Gillespie, who taught science at a high school for teenage parents in Tucson for the last 23 years, died from a medical emergency or from heat exposure, with temperatures in the area surpassing 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37.7 Celsius) at the time.
Investigators said the pair were seen leaving a local hotel on Tuesday morning, and that they were reportedly going to hike and take photographs along the Mormon Battalion Trail, which marks a route used during the Mexican-American War in the 1840s.
Searchers were dispatched to the area late on Wednesday afternoon after Gillespie's daughter called authorities to say she was worried because she had not heard from her father or son, and that they had not returned to the hotel, Hegstrom said.
Their vehicle was found on the roadside and the boy's body was spotted about an hour later, the spokesman said. It took a further four hours or so to locate the grandfather's body.
Hegstrom said the pair are believed to have been heading back to the trailhead after hiking for about six miles (9.6 km) on the trail, when the grandfather collapsed.
Neither of them were found with a cellphone, nor food or water, Hegstrom said. It was not clear whether they had provisions when they set out on the hike.
The Tucson Unified School District said Gillespie had been a dedicated employee.
"He is deeply missed by our TUSD family. Our thoughts are with his family," the school district said on Twitter.
Authorities do not suspect foul play. The medical examiner will determine the cause of the deaths.
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Arizona man and 12-year-old grandson die during hike
David Schwartz, Reuters
First posted: Thursday, July 09, 2015 04:54 PM EDT | Updated: Thursday, July 09, 2015 08:03 PM EDT
PHOENIX - An Arizona science teacher and his 12-year-old grandson were found dead after they went hiking in hot temperatures on an historic desert trail southwest of Phoenix, and the boy's efforts to save them failed, authorities said on Thursday.
The bodies of Thomas Gillespie, 63, and Robert Miller, 12, were found on Wednesday night by deputies near the small town of Gila Bend, said Officer Chris Hegstrom, spokesman for the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office.
Miller was found about 1.5 miles from the trailhead, while Gillespie's body was some four miles further on.
"We believe that he left his grandfather to seek help and that's when he succumbed to the elements," Hegstrom said. "This is just a horrible thing."
Authorities believe Gillespie, who taught science at a high school for teenage parents in Tucson for the last 23 years, died from a medical emergency or from heat exposure, with temperatures in the area surpassing 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37.7 Celsius) at the time.
Investigators said the pair were seen leaving a local hotel on Tuesday morning, and that they were reportedly going to hike and take photographs along the Mormon Battalion Trail, which marks a route used during the Mexican-American War in the 1840s.
Searchers were dispatched to the area late on Wednesday afternoon after Gillespie's daughter called authorities to say she was worried because she had not heard from her father or son, and that they had not returned to the hotel, Hegstrom said.
Their vehicle was found on the roadside and the boy's body was spotted about an hour later, the spokesman said. It took a further four hours or so to locate the grandfather's body.
Hegstrom said the pair are believed to have been heading back to the trailhead after hiking for about six miles (9.6 km) on the trail, when the grandfather collapsed.
Neither of them were found with a cellphone, nor food or water, Hegstrom said. It was not clear whether they had provisions when they set out on the hike.
The Tucson Unified School District said Gillespie had been a dedicated employee.
"He is deeply missed by our TUSD family. Our thoughts are with his family," the school district said on Twitter.
Authorities do not suspect foul play. The medical examiner will determine the cause of the deaths.
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A mother from Newtownabbey has claimed she is going blind after drinking up to 28 cans of Red Bull a day.
It is understood Lena Lupari ballooned to 26 stone (364 Pounds) after spending almost £6,000 every year on the high-calorie energy drink.
The 26-year-old told how she was unaware of the damage she was doing until she collapsed in June.
Doctors discovered the mother-of-three had developed a condition known as Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) which they said was a result of her being overweight.
Newtownabbey mum claims she is going blind after drinking 28 cans of Red Bull a day - BelfastTelegraph.co.uk
It is understood Lena Lupari ballooned to 26 stone (364 Pounds) after spending almost £6,000 every year on the high-calorie energy drink.
The 26-year-old told how she was unaware of the damage she was doing until she collapsed in June.
Doctors discovered the mother-of-three had developed a condition known as Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) which they said was a result of her being overweight.
Newtownabbey mum claims she is going blind after drinking 28 cans of Red Bull a day - BelfastTelegraph.co.uk
Man dies after being gored while videoing bull run with cellphone in Spain
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First posted: Monday, August 10, 2015 09:12 AM EDT | Updated: Monday, August 10, 2015 09:16 AM EDT
MADRID -- A Spanish mayor says a man has died after being gored while videoing a bull-run with his cellphone.
Jesus Hijosa, mayor for the central town of Villaseca de la Sagra, said Monday the man was filming the run at the town festival around 1.30 a.m. Sunday and did not notice that one of the bulls was heading for him. He was gored in the neck and thigh. He died later Sunday in a hospital in the nearby city of Toledo.
The victim was identified as a 32-year-old man from a neighbouring town.
His was the fourth death by goring in town festivals so far this year in Spain.
Bull runs are a traditional part of summer festivals across Spain, the most famous being San Fermin in Pamplona.
Man dies after being gored while videoing bull run with cellphone in Spain | Wor
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First posted: Monday, August 10, 2015 09:12 AM EDT | Updated: Monday, August 10, 2015 09:16 AM EDT
MADRID -- A Spanish mayor says a man has died after being gored while videoing a bull-run with his cellphone.
Jesus Hijosa, mayor for the central town of Villaseca de la Sagra, said Monday the man was filming the run at the town festival around 1.30 a.m. Sunday and did not notice that one of the bulls was heading for him. He was gored in the neck and thigh. He died later Sunday in a hospital in the nearby city of Toledo.
The victim was identified as a 32-year-old man from a neighbouring town.
His was the fourth death by goring in town festivals so far this year in Spain.
Bull runs are a traditional part of summer festivals across Spain, the most famous being San Fermin in Pamplona.
Man dies after being gored while videoing bull run with cellphone in Spain | Wor
Darwin Award winner
Rather stupidly, Xenia Ignatyeva took a selfie from a bridge in April 2014. She was trying to impress her friends. Moments after she took the selfie the 17-year-old Russian girl then lost her balance and fell on a cable 30ft below, which electrocuted and killed and her.
Xenia was a keen amateur photographer and her big passion had been taking pictures of herself with a camera she bought at the end of 2013 after a summer job.
But her life was cut short when she decided that the top of the rail bridge in Krasnogvardeysky, in the Russian city of Saint Petersburg, would make a great location for one of her pictures.
Grieving grandmother Olga said: "The police said she wanted to take a snap of herself at night, to give it the most dramatic effect and with the railway line as a backdrop.
"She was taking it herself so she went up there on her own, a girlfriend was waiting below."
But somehow the teenager lost her balance, and toppled off the side of the bridge.
As she fell, she desperately tried to grab the high voltage cable and electrocuted herself with 1,500 volts before her body dropped onto the concrete below.
Rather stupidly, Xenia Ignatyeva took a selfie from a bridge in April 2014. She was trying to impress her friends. Moments after she took the selfie the 17-year-old Russian girl then lost her balance and fell on a cable 30ft below, which electrocuted and killed and her.
Xenia was a keen amateur photographer and her big passion had been taking pictures of herself with a camera she bought at the end of 2013 after a summer job.
But her life was cut short when she decided that the top of the rail bridge in Krasnogvardeysky, in the Russian city of Saint Petersburg, would make a great location for one of her pictures.
Grieving grandmother Olga said: "The police said she wanted to take a snap of herself at night, to give it the most dramatic effect and with the railway line as a backdrop.
"She was taking it herself so she went up there on her own, a girlfriend was waiting below."
But somehow the teenager lost her balance, and toppled off the side of the bridge.
As she fell, she desperately tried to grab the high voltage cable and electrocuted herself with 1,500 volts before her body dropped onto the concrete below.
Man killed by roller-coaster while looking for cellphone at Ohio amusement park
The Associated Press
First posted: Friday, August 14, 2015 11:43 AM EDT | Updated: Friday, August 14, 2015 11:55 AM EDT
SANDUSKY, Ohio -- A man has been struck by a roller-coaster and killed at an Ohio amusement park after entering a restricted area to look for a lost cellphone.
Police say James A. Young had just finished riding the Raptor at the Cedar Point amusement park on Thursday. He jumped over a fence to retrieve something he dropped during the ride. The Erie County coroner says it was his phone.
Sandusky police say Young was struck by the ride or someone on it. No one else was hurt.
The park confirms the death in a statement and says its thoughts and prayers go out to the man's family.
Man killed by roller-coaster while looking for cellphone at Ohio amusement park
The Associated Press
First posted: Friday, August 14, 2015 11:43 AM EDT | Updated: Friday, August 14, 2015 11:55 AM EDT
SANDUSKY, Ohio -- A man has been struck by a roller-coaster and killed at an Ohio amusement park after entering a restricted area to look for a lost cellphone.
Police say James A. Young had just finished riding the Raptor at the Cedar Point amusement park on Thursday. He jumped over a fence to retrieve something he dropped during the ride. The Erie County coroner says it was his phone.
Sandusky police say Young was struck by the ride or someone on it. No one else was hurt.
The park confirms the death in a statement and says its thoughts and prayers go out to the man's family.
Man killed by roller-coaster while looking for cellphone at Ohio amusement park
Do they show the Darwin about the internet poster who gave all of his fellow internet posters "thumbs down" until someone caught up with him and kicked his wee brains in?
The video clip that I watched had the female newscaster barely holding in her laughter while telling the story.