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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would bet money that they all died of heat stroke. Dad couldn't sweat b/c of big pack, was exerting himself, and it was 106 degrees with no shade! A human cannot survive if their core temp goes above 106 and there was no way for them to cool down.  Babies are like old people, they can't thermo regulate. The baby was trapped in a backpack oven. Bet the dad didn't even realize til he took the pack off that the baby had died.  The dog probably stopped moving at some point, at which time the dad sat down.  [/quote]

I’m following thread and this makes the most sense. It explains the positioning of sitting dad, dog at side, mom continuing to scramble up the hill. Dog and Dad (maybe carrying both baby and dig at this point) faltered, dad sat down, only then realizing baby was already dead. Mom freaked and began to run for help. Dog and parents were already near death at that point.[/quote]

They took a baby in a baby carrier in 106 degree heat? WTF. Dumb people.[/quote]

[b]I don't think it was they took the baby out in that kind of heat so much as they didn't get back in time to avoid that kind of heat.[/b]
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Obviously none of us know what happened but you also can’t underestimate the compulsion a person has to complete a hike, complete a run,etc. it is very satisfying for lack of a better word. Not so much to turn back early, especially if the front end of the “course” is easy. There is also a certain amount of mind over matter with these things. I love to hike and run in all sorts of difficult conditions and experience this feeling most of the time and I don’t have remarkable ability or drive at all. I can see how they might keep pushing on, just one more switchback, one more turn, etc. Clearly they made a bunch of dangerous, terrible decisions though, any one of which could have killed them, especially the more vulnerable members of their family.

+1. It sounds like they miscalculated the length of the hike and the actual temperature.[/quote]
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Or…something else happened. Maybe they were planning for a 1 hr hike but their dog got off-leash.

Sh1t happens.

Stop acting like you know what happened.

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I don’t think these pps are disagreeing with you. They are saying the hike was longer and hotter than anticipated. This may have been due to getting lost, the dog getting loose, any number of things. Regardless of what caused it they were out too long. [/quote][/quote]

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