Northern Virginia man dies while hiking the Grand Canyon
A Manassas man died over the weekend while hiking the Grand Canyon in Arizona. Ranjith Varma, 55, of Manassas, has been identified as the deceased,...
A Manassas man died over the weekend while hiking the Grand Canyon in Arizona. Ranjith Varma, 55, of Manassas, has been identified as the deceased, according to a Grand Canyon National Park news release. At approximately 1:55 p.m. Saturday, the release states, the Grand Canyon Regional Communications Center received an emergency call of a hiker in distress on the North Kaibab Trail approximately one mile south of Cottonwood Campground. Shortly thereafter the hiker became unresponsive, and bystanders initiated CPR.