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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hard to believe 4 mammals simultaneously died of heat stroke. It’s not lightning. It’s a physical condition that develops on different timelines in different people (and dogs). [/quote]

This. Even if the child/dog died at different times, the idea that both parents would be incapacitated/dead so close together is nearly impossible. They were experienced hikers only 1.5 miles from the trailhead. The least sick one would have gone for help with the baby and phone. I have hiked in the California desert many times and my partner and I had contingency plans for every possible emergency. Well, not poison gas or algae, but certainly heat, broken ankle, snakebite, etc.[/quote]
There’s one theory I read that had the dad injured earlier in the hike at lower elevation. He stayed there with baby and dog (on a leash, so it wouldn’t follow the mom) while the mom went for help/tried to find cell-phone reception.  She was gone long enough that he grew concerned and started after her. She collapsed before he could make it up to her position. He sat down to rest and was overcome by heat stroke. If the dog is leashed, it can’t go anywhere (and may have succumbed first, since dogs are more vulnerable than humans in the heat, by a lot) and, of course, the poor baby was helpless. You just have to keep in mind how disoriented people can get in that kind of heat with serious exertion. [/quote]

But the mom didn't have the phone; he did.[/quote]

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