Posted on 08/07/2015 3:07:04 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Authorities say a man and woman from France have been found dead after hiking in New Mexico's White Sands National Monument.
Park rangers say a young boy was found alive and treated for heat exposure Tuesday, when the daytime temperature at the monument was 101 degrees.
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Park rangers were on patrol about 1 ½ miles from the Alkali Flat trailhead when they found woman's body about 5:30 p.m. Tuesday.
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I went hiking there. One of the quietest places on the surface of the earth. Had 1 gal of water, compass, gps, cell phone. There are trail markers that point you back all over the place.
Once in October we went on the Full Moon hike at White Sands, it was a perfect evening, felt like we were walking on the moon!
I’ll bet that was lovely. I’ll keep that in mind if I ever get back to Bliss/WSMR.
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