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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What if dog got lost.  And they tried to search too long, too deep.  They found dog, but by then heat stroke set in.

Or, like others suggested, dog got heat stroke first, and they tried to get him out, but that sealed their fate.[/quote]

I posted upthread about this but if they thought the path was wooded/shaded (like in the pre fire photos) it’s possible dog left the house without paw protectors and the path was more exposed and hot (lots of rocks that heated up) and the dog got burned/cracked paws which would have slowed them down. If the dog had badly burned paws they might have had to carry the 50 plus pound furry dog on a hilly trail, that would have been a game changer in a bad way even for fit people who otherwise would have had no problem getting back home. [/quote]

I mean, I guess but surely they would have noticed the complete lack of vegetation either upon arrival or soon after beginning the hike?[/quote]

Not if they went around the whole 8-mile loop. From where they parked the car, they started north along a gentle downhill with plenty of trees.  Then hit the river and turned right to walk along it.  Only starting up the Savage-Lundy section of trail - 6 miles into their loop - would they have realized how burned out that last section would be.  What to do at that point?  Turn back and hike another 6 miles the way you came in, or keep going the 2 miles up the hill, hoping you'll find some shade along the way?[/quote]

Yep not to mention two miles doesn’t seem bad if you don’t know how rough the terrain is. Most people would take the 2 over the 6 unless they were very familiar with the trail. 
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