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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP and I've read every post.

Two things related to PPs

1) Women tend to be more naturally well-equipped than men to handle things like ultramarathons and so on. It's fairly likely that a woman would last longer in harsh conditions than a man 15 years her senior.

2) For those asking what mother, even if poisoned, would abandon her baby... Besides the obvious, that you might not be thinking the most clearly! If the father poisoned them all approximately simultaneously (gave them poisoned water in quick succession) then the baby could have died first while the mother realized what was happening-- that is, she may have realized (or been told) there was no hope for the baby and just tried to save herself.[/quote]
I think the family annihilation theory is quite far fetched at this point, but your (2) obviously works just fine if you substitute heatstroke for poison.

Re your (1), I do think it was the dad, perhaps plus either/both baby or dog, who was incapacitated first. I think they made the decision she should try to go for help or to get more water/snacks or first aid from the car while he rested with the other two.  Re her fitness level, it was clearly high, but we don’t know if she wore herself out carrying the baby or dog part of the way or if she was possibly still breast-feeding the baby, which could have left her dehydrated.  [/quote]

If it’s heat and mom went ahead she is taking baby so she can put baby in car AC. Cooling down is the only thing that will help you if it’s heat related. [/quote]

Unless mom thought there was no way she could make it up the hill and to help while carrying the baby. [/quote]

Mom didn't make it very far once she separated from the others, so she must have been in bad shape.  Presumably, leaving the baby with dad, who was too incapacitated to continue the hike and thus not in good condition to care for the baby, was the absolute last resort.  She probably fretted about it too long, getting hotter and woozier all the time, before finally setting off on her own.  How awful.  It's easy for people sitting in their air-conditioned offices and houses to say no mother would leave her baby.  [/quote]

I suspect she had a brief moment of clarity in her last moments before she died and set off for help but just didn’t make it very far. She was beyond deciding whether or not to take the baby.[/quote]

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