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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Even if they intended to make the full loop, it's very possible that they didn't have any idea how bad the final leg would be.  Most of the pictures and reviews of that section of trail are from before the big fire a few years ago.  They show a trail well covered in pine trees.  If they thought their final leg was going to look like this:

https://sierranewsonline.com/hiking-on-the-savage-lundy-trail/

The complete lack of shade, and heat reflecting from bare dirt all around, might have caught them completely off guard.
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I read this trail review too and this quote from the author stood out to me: "This hike was a good workout and I sure loved seeing this old mining country from a different perspective. It was a cooler day with a breeze, so it wasn’t too hot as we climbed out of that canyon. I would not want to do this hike on a warm day."

The reviewer is clearly an experienced hiker, and in all the photos is wearing pants and long sleeves and it's before the fire removed so many of the trees that would shade it. I really think that they either mistook this trail for the hite's cove one that others have mentioned and/or got there and realized but just decided to do it anyway because they were already there and were overconfident and then the heat caught up to them. [/quote]

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