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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Going for a recreational hike anywhere when it's 95+ outside is not a good idea. Look at all the people they have to rescue from bill goat trail near the Potomac every year. [/quote]
This is absolutely not true in low humidity areas.  I live in Northern California and hike all summer in 95+ temperatures.  Be smart in choosing your hikes and carry plenty of water and you'll be fine.[/quote]

People die every month in 'low humidity areas' while hiking in 90F - 100F weather. A woman hiking with an experienced date just died in Phoenix, Arizona.
https://www.azfamily.com/news/woman-who-died-hiking-camelback-mountain-was-with-phoenix-officer/article_c5da8612-f340-11eb-a3a8-57a0ab85303a.html

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Her date might have been experienced, but she was not. And neither had any water with them. And this was a mountain.[/quote]

What's the altitude change of Camelback Mountain?  From what I understand, the trail the couple started up on was less than 1.5 miles and she only went part way up before turning back, so she hiked less than 3 miles and was going back down when she suffered heatstroke.  
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Camelback is a difficult hike, in parts there isn't really a paved trail and you're climbing over rocks to get to the top which is around 2700 ft. It's almost as bad coming down, again, because of all the rocks you have to pick over. That said, I have done this with a child in high temps in May and it didn't occur to me someone could die the way she did. I worry more about falling, twisting an ankle and snake bites. I would never go without water, alone, or in July. That was just a bad idea. I think the circumstances of the first date led her to over exert herself more than she could handle.[/quote]

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