Floyd Roberts

…Dehydration and heat stroke can incapacitate even the fittest. By June 24th, after an intensive operation, the Park Service had to admit defeat. Floyd Roberts was still missing. The search shifted to limited, continuous mode like others before it.…

…Yet no item of his was discovered. Over six days, searchers combed the canyon's branching from Kelly tank places named Trail Canyon, 214 Mile Canyon, and the ever ominous Separation Canyon. Did Floyd perhaps misjudge his path and descend into the wrong canyon? The extreme heat was a merciless factor, above 110 degrees in the shade, if any shade could be fou…

…Everything was going perfectly until the split, helicopters all afternoon couldn't find him. How could this happen to a prepared hiker? Floyd had been carrying two gallons of water, a week's worth of food, and a detailed map of their planned route that Ned had made. He wore a long-sleeved red shirt, jeans, Nike hiking shoes, a large blue backpack, highly vi…