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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ok... New theory.
So, it's an 8 mile hike. Say around mile 5 mom starts to get heat exhaustion. Tried, dizzy, nauseous.  Pretty soon she's weak and/or passes out. 
It's still quickest to keep going, so, Dad has to support or carry mom along with baby.
Eventually, say around mile 6, he can't support them both, (or she fully passes out).
So, he sets down the baby in the pack, carries mom 100 yards, sets her down, goes back, carries baby to mom. Sets down baby, carries mom another hundred yards, goes back for baby.  A half mile of that he's exhausted, he sets mom down, goes to get baby
 Sits down next to baby to rest and succumbs to heat stroke.

That would explain placement and different times to succumb to heat stroke.

Ugghh, writing this out sounds awful.i think murder suicide. Would be a better way to go..[/quote]

This is compelling. [/quote]

No, it's bizarre, ghoulish, and makes no sense, given the facts.  [/quote]

Yeah. I don’t know why people think heatstroke is unbelievable. It makes the most sense. Simplest explanation. No more bizarre than their decision to do this hike in these conditions in the first place. [/quote]

Heat stroke is unbelievable because the officials who are there do not believe it.  I'm not going to second guess them.  [/quote]

No the officials who are there are just doing their job which is to explore/rule out all possibilities. That doesn’t mean they don’t believe it was heat stroke.[/quote]

The park officials didn't close the forest including trails and picnic areas because of heat stroke.  [/quote]
+1[/quote]

No, apparently they tested some water and found toxic algae, but as yet there’s no indication that that played any role. They may be unrelated - like when people go to the ER after a car crash and the scanner picks up cancer.

Honestly, after watching last years insanity with playgrounds around here closed all summer 2020 despite the early knowledge that covid didn’t really spread outdoors, I no longer assume that actions taken in response to potential threats are always proportionate. Even closing for algae found in a single spot seems kind of nuts for a trail that’s currently in little use. It only makes sense if they think there were major hazards on the trail itself that couldn’t be avoided with a warning. And they haven’t said anything like that. [/quote]

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