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MOHAVE County, Ariz. - Sheriff's officials in a northwestern Arizona county say crews have recovered a man's body at the Grand Canyon area.

What we know:

In a statement posted to social media on Nov. 7, officials with the Mohave County Sheriff's Office said they received a call on the afternoon of Nov. 6 to assist the Hualapai Nation in a technical recovery effort at a place known as Guano Point .

"A 65-year-old male had slipped and fell over the edge into the canyon and was deceased," read a portion of the statement . "Search and Rescue responded and located him about 130 feet down on a scree pile."

Per officials, crews set up a system with ropes to recover the man's body. The body was later taken to the Mohave County Medical Examiner's Office.

What we don't know:

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