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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They may not have realized how close they were to hearstroke/death while they were trying to save the dog as well. Maybe if they did they would  have acted differently but maybe not. Dogs have become like humans to many of us. [/quote]

I would never leave my dog behind to die alone. 
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Darwinism for dog owners. [/quote]

I’d rather die with my dog than live with sh1theads like you. 
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You'd risk your baby's life to save a dog?[/quote]

I wouldn’t leave the dog out tied up alone. Parents could split up. 
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Seems like they did. It didn’t work. [/quote]

She was only 30’ away. Doesn’t sound like they split up. 
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If I was in a life-threatening situation with the love of my life, and our baby, I'd want us to stick together. [b]I'd want us to all work together, help each other, and survive together. I[/b] imagine that Ellen Chung felt the same way. (I might be beyond wanting to save the dog at this point, but have given it a try up til a point).

I imagine that at some point when things became desperate and they realized the extreme direness/helplessness of their situation (perhaps she could see her husband was unable to move forward), she made a last attempt to survive (either for herself alone, or also with hope of getting help to her loved ones), and felt she'd have no choice but to go on her own. I imagine that she was very, very reluctant to leave them behind and thus it was only near the very end of her abilities that she reluctantly went forward.

It's extremely poignant to imagine. The love and devotion that they had for each other, which went through the end.  :(  Rest in Peace, Chung-Gerrish family.[/quote]

Except they didn't survive together and [u]that's the problem[/u]. People keep blaming the dog which could walk even with burning paws and had previously completely three desert hikes itself.

But a 9-month-old plus the baby backpacking kit was an additional 25 pounds of weight in over 100F weather.

Maybe the parents were stupid but that weight is enough to kill a person.[/quote]

I'm the PP you quoted. I know they didn't survive together...I don't get your meaning. I was trying to address the issue of why they weren't found together, but weren't really found that far apart, either. 
My theory was that it could have been a very late-in-the-game choice for the husband and wife to split up.  I can't tell if you're saying that it's my theory that's a problem, or that the outcome of their actions --if my theory were true--that was a problem, e.g., that they shouldn't have tried to stay together at all.

To the other, scoffing PP: I don't think it's too far-fetched to imagine --which I clearly stated it was...imagining--how a young, in love couple would try to survive together.[/quote]

It’s 100% fantasy.

They could have easily been arguing the whole hike, right up to the end. 
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