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[quote=Anonymous]Hopefully there is now greater awareness of how heat stroke can act quickly and kill you. I had no idea before this and I've been hiking for years. I always figured just take enough water, stay hydrated and you're good.
What happened to this family hit home with me because I encountered a situation this summer. My younger son loves hiking our neighborhood trail and really wanted to go out. It was in the 90s but I figured we'd just bring plenty of water. The trail runs alongside a creek and completely shaded by the canopy of trees. We've hiked this trail for many years, and round trip to the house and back is only a couple miles. It usually takes us a couple hours, he likes to explore various areas of the creek.

On this particular day my son had a hard time. We were really sweating from the heat. Even under the shade of the trees. We got maybe half a mile from home and he couldn't go on. He just sat on the ground. I let him rest about 10 minutes and tried to hydrate him. Then I was able to get him walking again. As we got closer to home and he started throwing up. Thankfully we made it back and he was able to cool off and rest.

Now that I understand more about heat exhaustion, I can see how his body was under distress. And this was just a 2 mile hike with no steep incline. It can happen to anyone and it happened quickly.[/quote]

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