Reply to Death in the Grand Canyon -- it can happen even to smart people

Forum Index » Travel Discussion

Reply to "Death in the Grand Canyon -- it can happen even to smart people"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've hiked that trail and I'm a lousy hiker.  I think she must have been pretty disoriented to get lost on that hike.  There is less water on that trai versus the bright angel.  They do have a lot of warnings posted about how much water you need.  A lot of people don't think about it because it's like 20 degrees cooler at the rim when you start the hike.[/quote]

It sounds like she might have panicked when her daughter got sick and she lost her way off the trail. [/quote]

Based on her getting confused, it's a good indication that she herself was probably suffering some heat exhaustion already when she separated from the kids, and thus was easily confused.  This is not a problem because of the canyon, but because of the hot conditions and her poor planning.  Despite all the warnings about how much water you need and the fact that she was an ER doctor who should have known, she did not prepare well enough.  One or two bottles of water in your backpack are not enough for 3 people.  I don't know how much she had, but it was clearly not enough.  Most likely she took the amount one person would need and forgot that she would need to carry water for 3.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics