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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Another one bites the dust: https://nypost.com/2022/09/06/hiker-dies-in-fifth-grand-canyon-death-this-year/

The desert is unforgiving.


106 posted on 09/06/2022 6:34:48 PM PDT by Labyrinthos
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To: Labyrinthos

Hiking in 100 degree plus temps is usually not a good idea. Especially so if you are 59 years old.

I had one harrowing call on a south-facing hill in 90+ temps. Ran out of water, no shade, blazing hot sun. Scared me to death. That was the end of high-temp hikes for me.


107 posted on 09/06/2022 6:39:50 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom ("A Conservative is an Ultra-MAGA, Semi-Fascist, Enemy-of-the-State, Deplorable Clinger")
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