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California family found dead on hiking trail died of extreme heat, dehydration, authorities say
2021-10-22
Posted by:Skidmark

#11  Considering the 1 year old, I'd wager that they have been doing child raising things, not physical conditioning for a route which is a known killer.

I can see that. Carrying all the normal kit, plus the 1 year old bag of things. Hot all day, but baby passes out, get in a hurry and stressed, dad goes down, mom get is a fizzy and doesn't have the strength to unharness the baby, passes out too. Dog stays with them.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2021-10-22 14:55  

#10  ^ Clearly OrangeManBad's fault
Posted by: Frank G   2021-10-22 14:34  

#9  I've hiked near there. The Merced is a very steep canyon and gets sun blasted in mid-summer. They committed to a 8+ miles loop hike that is downhill first. You've got to pay attention to the map or read one of the longer stories to realize they'd already covered 6-7 miles and were coming up out of an exposed canyon with a surface temperature of 107+ degrees. Not enough water and poor terrain knowledge became a death sentence, no toxic fumes or algae required.
Posted by: Nero   2021-10-22 14:22  

#8  All found at the same spot?
Posted by: swksvolFF   2021-10-22 13:27  

#7  Just another day in "Devil's Gulch".
Posted by: ed in texas   2021-10-22 11:02  

#6  
Posted by: Greng Black3494   2021-10-22 09:54  

#5  Hope his executors dumped his Snapchat shares before yesterday
Posted by: Merrick Ferret   2021-10-22 09:47  

#4  Alien's I told ya;
Posted by: Dale   2021-10-22 09:40  

#3  Alien's I'll tell ya.
Posted by: Dale   2021-10-22 09:24  

#2  

Odd to die in a group and with the dog?
With a water source to at least cool down if nothing else?

Even if the water source was tainted.


Posted by: NN2N1   2021-10-22 09:05  

#1  Not Satanists
Not volcano farts
Not toxic algae
Not Aliens
Just stupid

Snapchat engineer, his wife and baby found dead on a remote California hiking trail were killed by hyperthermia and dehydration due to 100 degree heat
Posted by: Skidmark   2021-10-22 00:47  

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