In August 2001, two people went missing under mysterious circumstances during a nude photography shoot in the Hopi Salt Trail / Little Colorado Tributary of the Grand Canyon.

It took several weeks for the Flagstaff Search and Rescue team, enlisting the help of the Hopi Native American Tribe, to piece together the chain events of this tragedy and discover the bodies of these individuals.

I was so fascinated with this story, and the landscape in which it occurred, that I used Google Earth to find the specific event locations and plan a 3 day backpacking trip to retrace the chain of events from start to finish.

I initially read about this story in the book "Over the Edge: Death in the Grand Canyon, by Michael Patrick Ghiglieri and Thomas M. Myers.

Condolences and best wishes to the family of Linda Brehmer and George Mancuso.

If you visit this place, you must contact the Navajo Nation and secure your permits in advance, have a 4x4 vehicle, and be extremely skilled in backcountry / survival skills, and above all- be very respectful to the fragile heritage of this place.