Mysterious death of couple, their dog, and their baby near Yosemite could be due toxic algae

[limitles]

BUMP

Well, some more info has come out.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/18/us/ca...rnd/index.html

They dumped the dude's cellphone. Not sure why it took months, but apparently it did.

He tried to send texts and phone calls shortly before he died, mentioning that he and the baby were "over heating" and needed help.

So it probably was heat stroke, after all. He also took 16 pics of the hike, which began at 8am and 75 degree weather, but the 17th picture at around noon was an attempt at showing his location when he was becoming incapacitated from the 108 degree heat.



As you can see, it was a loop hike, and they were near the end of it. But it was long and hot.

They died 1.5 miles from the car, but apparently had been hiking for over 4 hours up until that point, and just fell short of getting back. It's still not clear why both adults died so close by to one another, as heat stroke tends to affect people at different speeds. Perhaps they just stuck together as it was happening.

It is odd that experienced hikers wouldn't be aware of how quickly it can get hot in August if it's already 75 degrees at 8am, and it's also odd that they didn't bring enough water for everyone, given the length of the hike. It does seem they were on the reckless side, bringing a 1-year-old along on these strenuous hikes, including on hot days like that.

Very tragic story, and an example of why you don't take chances when it comes to safety regarding hiking/nature.

It’s threads like this one that make people shake their heads at you Druff. You were so confident. So adamant that you were right and others were wrong. Typed long novels about how unlikely and absurd it was. To the point of being pompous. And then it comes out you were in fact wrong.

Maybe quit being so confident in your opinions and almost bullying people into agreeing with you. You don’t actually know everything because you had heat exhaustion once in 1994.

[FRANKRIZZO]

What if you boil the water in case of emergency? I remember my dad doing this from a brook. Wouldn't advise it though too many contaminents

[Dan Druff]

It’s threads like this one that make people shake their heads at you Druff. You were so confident. So adamant that you were right and others were wrong. Typed long novels about how unlikely and absurd it was. To the point of being pompous. And then it comes out you were in fact wrong.

Maybe quit being so confident in your opinions and almost bullying people into agreeing with you. You don’t actually know everything because you had heat exhaustion once in 1994.

Incomplete info was given before. It was said in certain articles that water was found in the guy's Camelbak pouch, and it didn't make sense to me why they'd still have water if it was heat stroke. Turned out that the pouch was almost empty. The fact that they were all found so close to one another (even the dog) was also weird -- and is the one part I can't really explain.

They also didn't reveal (or maybe didn't know yet?) that it was a loop hike which had begun 4 hours prior. That changes everything. It didn't look like they had been on an 8-mile loop hike. It appeared they had parked the car, hiked, and then turned around to go back. I wondered why they didn't turn around sooner if they were having water/heat issues. Now that I know it was a loop, it makes more sense. There was no turning around once they got 4 miles in, and they wouldn't have turned around in the morning because it wasn't super hot yet.

I had no idea it would take so many months to get info out of the guy's cellphone. I still don't understand that, either. I thought they knew everything they would ever know, several months ago.

Notice that I updated the thread, even though the ultimate conclusion (which seems to make sense, for the most part) contradicts my theories on the matter. I could have just let this quietly stay as a dead thread, but I was honest about it and bumped it with the new info.

[jsearles22]

It’s threads like this one that make people shake their heads at you Druff. You were so confident. So adamant that you were right and others were wrong. Typed long novels about how unlikely and absurd it was. To the point of being pompous. And then it comes out you were in fact wrong.

Maybe quit being so confident in your opinions and almost bullying people into agreeing with you. You don’t actually know everything because you had heat exhaustion once in 1994.

Incomplete info was given before. It was said in certain articles that water was found in the guy's Camelbak pouch, and it didn't make sense to me why they'd still have water if it was heat stroke. Turned out that the pouch was almost empty. The fact that they were all found so close to one another (even the dog) was also weird -- and is the one part I can't really explain.

They also didn't reveal (or maybe didn't know yet?) that it was a loop hike which had begun 4 hours prior. That changes everything. It didn't look like they had been on an 8-mile loop hike. It appeared they had parked the car, hiked, and then turned around to go back. I wondered why they didn't turn around sooner if they were having water/heat issues. Now that I know it was a loop, it makes more sense. There was no turning around once they got 4 miles in, and they wouldn't have turned around in the morning because it wasn't super hot yet.

I had no idea it would take so many months to get info out of the guy's cellphone. I still don't understand that, either. I thought they knew everything they would ever know, several months ago.

Notice that I updated the thread, even though the ultimate conclusion (which seems to make sense, for the most part) contradicts my theories on the matter. I could have just let this quietly stay as a dead thread, but I was honest about it and bumped it with the new info.

Bro you already typed numerous novels ITT telling us adamantly you were right and we were stupid. We don’t now need you to follow up telling us why you weren’t really wrong when you were……

[Sloppy Joe]

Incomplete info was given before. It was said in certain articles that water was found in the guy's Camelbak pouch, and it didn't make sense to me why they'd still have water if it was heat stroke. Turned out that the pouch was almost empty. The fact that they were all found so close to one another (even the dog) was also weird -- and is the one part I can't really explain.

They also didn't reveal (or maybe didn't know yet?) that it was a loop hike which had begun 4 hours prior. That changes everything. It didn't look like they had been on an 8-mile loop hike. It appeared they had parked the car, hiked, and then turned around to go back. I wondered why they didn't turn around sooner if they were having water/heat issues. Now that I know it was a loop, it makes more sense. There was no turning around once they got 4 miles in, and they wouldn't have turned around in the morning because it wasn't super hot yet.

I had no idea it would take so many months to get info out of the guy's cellphone. I still don't understand that, either. I thought they knew everything they would ever know, several months ago.

Notice that I updated the thread, even though the ultimate conclusion (which seems to make sense, for the most part) contradicts my theories on the matter. I could have just let this quietly stay as a dead thread, but I was honest about it and bumped it with the new info.

Bro you already typed numerous novels ITT telling us adamantly you were right and we were stupid. We don’t now need you to follow up telling us why you weren’t really wrong when you were……

Do you know how many 3 mile hikes he's logged?

[JoeD]

Would you rather die of heat stroke near Yosemite or get penis frost bite at the Olympics?

I think I'll go with the sun burn and pass with my family (and dog) to be honest.

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