Carlos Ruiz - 1994

A 13-year-old Carlos Ruiz died as result from a fall about 80 feet down a slope in the Santa Catalina Mountains.

The sources we have been able to locate provide us with very little information. We have not been able to learn what led to his fall. Was the equipment mailfunctioning? Were the instructors educated to deal with kids in the harsh terrain? We don't know.

All we learned is that therapy in the wilderness claimed another life that day.

May he rest in peace.

Source:

• Datasheet about the program on Fornits Wiki
• ucson boy, 13, dies after 80-foot fall during VisionQuest outing in Catalinas (Arizona Daily Star, December 17, 1994)