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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't think there were any mines that nearby to them.  I've been in an abandoned mine. It was just a hole in the ground with a danger sign.[/quote]
I’m PP of 21:08, and I agree with your take. The other PP’s question is perplexing, sort of framed as “shouldn’t the couple have thought about and followed through with this potential emergency plan?’ (Eg hiding out in a mine shaft to stay cool). Maybe I mis-understood the other PP. But I think we can reasonably assume that the couple wasn’t approaching their hike in a way that thought through all the potential pitfalls, like scorching heat, so why would people expect that they were operating in a focused, smart survival mode when under stress. It’s hard to expect anyone to be. More to the point, it’s not about whether they could have saved themselves in some way. Their options, whatever they perceived them to be, ran out, sadly, and it’s a matter of understanding how it happened.

My point on the mines was that maybe they were initially part of the appeal, as in an adventurous aspect of the trail, so the couple may have dallied a bit searching for them early on. I agree that they weren’t likely to have used them (or been able to use them) for cooling off/shelter. 
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