On 04 Oct 2004 13:50:03 GMT, jamesstep@aol.comNOSPAM (JamesStep)
wrote:
>>you'd have to work really hard to die
>>of thirst in DV, its a pretty busy spot
>
>Unfortunately it does happen occasionally. In 120-degree
>weather, a hiker without adequate water can develop heat
>stroke in just a few hours. Their thinking becomes confused
>and they wander off the trail, collapse, and can be dead within
>a few hours (due to swelling of the brain, I think).
All quite true. But how many such instances can you cite in the
last, say, fifty years.
I do see that two people recently died in floods there.
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