What happened to this California family?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My guess is dog overheated first, so dig refuses to walk, thus stalling their pace, then maybe the Dad tried to carry the limp dog. Everything goes down hill from there in a hurry when you're in literally 109 degree blazing heat.

08/15/2021 06:00 73 DEG F
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08/15/2021 16:00 105 DEG F
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Wow, really original contribution to the thread. This is the idea that has been missing for 136 pages.

[Anonymous]

From Webleuths:

As an Incident Commander said during an Incident Team meeting for fighting the Ferguson Fire in 2018, “You may know that some of the peaks and gulches in this area have “Devil” in their name. There is a reason for that; the terrain is incredibly rugged and steep.”

Sleuth poster: Here is a video of a hiker doing the Hite Cove trail:

Adding this extra link because additional videos.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuo8jSRPfwKkTvhP1WVtH6g

Another sleuth' response to video:

Great find. There's actually more than one video there.
Totally the wrong trail to be on in summer. Not at all a trail for beginners. Catastrophic for an unleashed dog (they'd head straight down one of those steeps to the river).

[Anonymous]

Not to be grim but assuming this was entirely the heat, did they all likely die on Sunday? Or if they were found on Monday would one or more have likely survived?

It so sad how nobody called the police Sunday night when they didn't make it home. Or even first thing Monday morning (nanny or his work when he didn't show). But I'm not sure if that would have made a difference?

[Anonymous]

Watching that ^^^ video, now I can understand how he was still sitting up after he died. Some of those switchbacks are practically cut into the side of cliff, it's so steep. There's plenty of terrain to hold someone in a seated position.

It's actually really beautiful, and I bet it's a wonderful hike in the spring.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:From Webleuths:

As an Incident Commander said during an Incident Team meeting for fighting the Ferguson Fire in 2018, “You may know that some of the peaks and gulches in this area have “Devil” in their name. There is a reason for that; the terrain is incredibly rugged and steep.”

Sleuth poster: Here is a video of a hiker doing the Hite Cove trail:

Adding this extra link because additional videos.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuo8jSRPfwKkTvhP1WVtH6g

Another sleuth' response to video:

Great find. There's actually more than one video there.
Totally the wrong trail to be on in summer. Not at all a trail for beginners. Catastrophic for an unleashed dog (they'd head straight down one of those steeps to the river).

Umm yeah, that looks like a pretty typical california hike so not sure what the point is here. People who think that is extreme must not be hikers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Watching that ^^^ video, now I can understand how he was still sitting up after he died. Some of those switchbacks are practically cut into the side of cliff, it's so steep. There's plenty of terrain to hold someone in a seated position.

It's actually really beautiful, and I bet it's a wonderful hike in the spring.

I could see how he would take a seat resting against the rock wall. Was this video taken b4 the fire? It doesn’t look extreme at all. The weather was extreme, however. The toxic river looks inviting on a hot day I’m sure

[Anonymous]

You could never have hiked before and been fine on that trail. No way it was too difficult for them.

[Anonymous]

Agree it doesn't look bad. And I doubt with a baby in a carrier that they would be doing portions that required scrambling over rocks and boulders requiring you to bend over at the waist.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:From Webleuths:

As an Incident Commander said during an Incident Team meeting for fighting the Ferguson Fire in 2018, “You may know that some of the peaks and gulches in this area have “Devil” in their name. There is a reason for that; the terrain is incredibly rugged and steep.”

Sleuth poster: Here is a video of a hiker doing the Hite Cove trail:

Adding this extra link because additional videos.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuo8jSRPfwKkTvhP1WVtH6g

Another sleuth' response to video:

Great find. There's actually more than one video there.
Totally the wrong trail to be on in summer. Not at all a trail for beginners. Catastrophic for an unleashed dog (they'd head straight down one of those steeps to the river).

Umm yeah, that looks like a pretty typical california hike so not sure what the point is here. People who think that is extreme must not be hikers.

agree - I’ve been trying to say that from the beginning - inland california hikes are rugged and hot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Agree it doesn't look bad. And I doubt with a baby in a carrier that they would be doing portions that required scrambling over rocks and boulders requiring you to bend over at the waist.

how are you going to skip those portions? there’s no other route.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You could never have hiked before and been fine on that trail. No way it was too difficult for them.

9 miles of that in 100+ heat and a 1 year old in a carrier? Nope.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:From Webleuths:

As an Incident Commander said during an Incident Team meeting for fighting the Ferguson Fire in 2018, “You may know that some of the peaks and gulches in this area have “Devil” in their name. There is a reason for that; the terrain is incredibly rugged and steep.”

Sleuth poster: Here is a video of a hiker doing the Hite Cove trail:

Adding this extra link because additional videos.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuo8jSRPfwKkTvhP1WVtH6g

Another sleuth' response to video:

Great find. There's actually more than one video there.
Totally the wrong trail to be on in summer. Not at all a trail for beginners. Catastrophic for an unleashed dog (they'd head straight down one of those steeps to the river).

Umm yeah, that looks like a pretty typical california hike so not sure what the point is here. People who think that is extreme must not be hikers.

So much misinformation here. This is the easy trail. They were on the Lundy Savage trail. There is video of someone who flew a drone thru the canyon and you can see the switch backs on the trail. No shade. Rocks and scrabble.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Watching that ^^^ video, now I can understand how he was still sitting up after he died. Some of those switchbacks are practically cut into the side of cliff, it's so steep. There's plenty of terrain to hold someone in a seated position.

It's actually really beautiful, and I bet it's a wonderful hike in the spring.

It don't think we saw switchbacks in that video.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:From Webleuths:

As an Incident Commander said during an Incident Team meeting for fighting the Ferguson Fire in 2018, “You may know that some of the peaks and gulches in this area have “Devil” in their name. There is a reason for that; the terrain is incredibly rugged and steep.”

Sleuth poster: Here is a video of a hiker doing the Hite Cove trail:

Adding this extra link because additional videos.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuo8jSRPfwKkTvhP1WVtH6g

Another sleuth' response to video:

Great find. There's actually more than one video there.
Totally the wrong trail to be on in summer. Not at all a trail for beginners. Catastrophic for an unleashed dog (they'd head straight down one of those steeps to the river).

Umm yeah, that looks like a pretty typical california hike so not sure what the point is here. People who think that is extreme must not be hikers.

agree - I’ve been trying to say that from the beginning - inland california hikes are rugged and hot.

+1

I was expecting MUCH tougher terrain based on comments.

[Anonymous]

How is there algae with a moving river?