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Canyoneering guide dies in climbing accident in Moab

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Posted at 10:46 AM, Nov 13, 2022
and last updated 2022-11-13 18:13:01-05

MOAB, Utah — A 21-year-old woman from Salt Lake City died after a climbing accident in MoabSaturday afternoon.

According to a press release from the Grand County Sheriff's Office, dispatchers received the call around 1:45 p.m. The accident occurred at the Morning Glory Arch.

Deputies, along with members of Grand County Search and Rescue, Grand County EMS, as well as rangers with both the National Park Service and Bureau of Land Management, arrived at the area and found 21-year-old Emmalynn Thair Herbstritt, a canyoneering guide from Salt Lake City.

She was unresponsive upon arrival and was then pronounced dead at the scene.