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Phoenix board votes to restrict popular hiking trails during extreme heat
KTAR ^ | Oct 29, 2021

Posted on 10/29/2021 1:10:23 PM PDT by nickcarraway

fficials in Phoenix voted Thursday to fully adopt a policy limiting access to certain hiking trails in extreme heat.

The Phoenix Parks and Recreation board unanimously pushed through the measure, which will close trails at Camelback Mountain and Piestewa Peak from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. any day an excessive heat warning is issued.

The policy was tested at Echo Canyon and Cholla Trail in the Camelback Mountains and the Piestewa Peak trails in the Phoenix Mountains Preserve from July 13 to Sept. 30.

The trial run began after nearly a dozen members of the Phoenix Fire Department were sent home after suffering heat exhaustion after making multiple hiker-related saves in a single day.

Phoenix mountain rescues decrease during pilot program to close trails in extreme heat

First responders said in September the program helped cut down on the number of mountain rescues they made on days of extreme heat.

The parks board said in a press release it will monitor rescue data as part of yearly evaluations.

Under the policy, parking lot gates will be closed whenever the National Weather Service issues an excessive heat warning.

Signs will be posted explaining the closure and park rangers will be on duty to answer questions.


TOPICS: Local News; Outdoors
KEYWORDS: dehydration; heat; heatstrike; heatstroke; hiking; nannystate; phoenix
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To: kaktuskid

Ya, I was thinking every summer day in Phoenix has excessive heat.


21 posted on 10/29/2021 1:52:24 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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If yer a pussy don’t you automatically exlude yourself from hiking?


22 posted on 10/29/2021 1:53:35 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: nickcarraway

They have a point here. Not only is it maybe 10+ degrees warmer away from the city (so 110==120, etc.), but there is lot of shiny quartzite all over the ground, reflecting the heat back up at you.

The bottom line is that when somebody goes hiking, 15 minutes later they desperately want to quit, and somebody else has to either hoof it out there or fly in with a helicopter to pick them up.

If you are bound and determined to suicide by desert, there are any number of other places you can go to get turned into jerky.


23 posted on 10/29/2021 1:56:33 PM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy (It's no longer The Forever War. Now it's The Forever Pandemic.)
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To: kaktuskid

And when they realize the power they have over people and the money they save, they’ll make it 365 days a year.


24 posted on 10/29/2021 1:59:03 PM PDT by Reno89519 (FJB. Respect America, Embrace America, Buy American, Hire American.)
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To: nickcarraway

Interesting...they aren’t doing it to protect idiot citizens, but the firefighters and S&R who go on the rescues. That probably makes sense, don’t you think?


25 posted on 10/29/2021 2:04:16 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Everything Woke turns to shit.” ~ President Donald Trump)
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To: fidelis

Thanks for the clarification.


26 posted on 10/29/2021 2:05:20 PM PDT by Obadiah (Truth is treason in an empire of lies.)
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To: Reno89519

Wasting resources rescuing dumb people.


27 posted on 10/29/2021 2:16:58 PM PDT by discostu (Like a dog being shown a card trick )
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To: Mr Rogers
I live in Phoenix. The number of “Excessive Heat Warning” days is getting ridiculous. It gets hot here! We never used to have warnings. Now they have warnings if it's over 105. A dry 105 is actually a pretty nice summer day.

I'm sick of safetyism.

28 posted on 10/29/2021 2:32:23 PM PDT by GrannyAnn ( )
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To: GrannyAnn

I agree. Just moved here three years ago, 110+ is when it gets unbearable. Before that, meh.


29 posted on 10/29/2021 2:52:07 PM PDT by mykroar (God speed, President Trump)
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To: Reno89519

It’s warm here, but not 365 days a year.. Today, here in Scottsdale, we enjoying a brisk 75 deg.


30 posted on 10/29/2021 3:08:31 PM PDT by barney10
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To: nickcarraway

Everyone wants to tell everyone else what to do, why?

Power....Power....


31 posted on 10/29/2021 3:55:29 PM PDT by TrumpisRight (It is --> President Trump <--)
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