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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]A hiker died this week in Utah's Mount Zion Park. Very similar conditions to this family - he was hiking for 9 miles, the weather was over 95F, and he suffered from heat exhaustion. An interesting point made was that the body shuts down when the internal temperature hits 103F. Its very likely that this CA family, which was hiking in temps nearly 10 degrees higher, suffered the same fate.[/b]

[i]A hiker has died of suspected heat stroke in Zion National Park in Utah amid 95 degree heat, park officials have announced.

John Henry Wolfe, from Milwaukee, had reached the end of a strenuous nine mile canyon trail on Monday when he started complaining about exhaustion, a statement from the National Park Service said.[/i]
https://www.stgeorgeutah.com/news/archive/2021/08/31/prc-hiker-dies-from-apparent-heat-exhaustion-in-zion-national-park/#.YTEU_d8pDZs
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The Subway hike where this hiker died is in no way similar to where this family was found.  Nothing like it at all really.  [/quote]

The California hike sounds worse - exposed switchbacks, 109 degrees.  Either way, a 9-mile hike in 90+ degrees is a bad idea for most people.  [/quote]

I was going to say the same.  The Savage Lundy Trail post-fire honestly doesn't look like a nice place to hike even aside from the heat.  [/quote]

And yet, there seems to be nothing or controversial going on. They aren't shutting down the park, they aren't holding news conferences about how bizarre everything is, they aren't telling everyone that they need to wait for the toxicology report to draw conclusions. He had a long hike in the heat and died of hear exhaustion. Tragic, but simple. And its being talked about and reported on simply.

I am someone that finds it ENTIRELY plausible that the cali family died of heat, but the way they are approaching the scene and the media just makes it seem clear that there is something there that is making it NOT seem like the most obvious explanation (heat) is not the explanation. [/quote]

Because this guy complained of symptoms. They found him before he was dead! They gave him CPR! They could see right away what it was.

If he had gone missing, and they hadn't found the body for several days, it would be a completely different scenario.[/quote]

The man who was missing for almost a month after a run in the hot weather was also determined to be heat related.  There were no mysterious hazards.[/quote]

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