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[quote=Anonymous]Yeah, there are several factors with the Canyon.  People don't fully appreciate that: (1) it is significantly hotter on the bottom than at the top; (2) the hardest work is when you are your tiredest (at the end of the hike) -- which is the opposite of most hiking (which is usually up a mountain); and (3) the dry heat in Arizona is extremely dehydrating.  I think the first and third probably got her. 
 
It's also totally possible that something happened like the girls said they had their own water bottles, but they discovered halfway into the hike that one or both of the girls had lost their water bottles, or spilled them or something dumb like that which kids that age do. (I know my kids have done stupid things like fail to screw the top on correctly, and when they take their water out, it turns out that it all leaked out into their daypack.)   The mom then probably gave her own water to the kids, and then was so disoriented that she made a couple of bad, fatal choices.

There is NO WATER available on the South Kaibab (unlike the Bright Angel, which has at least one water stop).  It's about 7 miles down, which doesn't sound like a whole lot for someone that's in good shape, but the sun and heat are punishing.  (It's also wicked steep.)[/quote]

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