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Chautauquas

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3. I recently did a 5-day trip in Arizona

Reply to bullwinkle428 (Original post)

Thu Oct 21, 2021, 10:56 PM

Oct 2021

and it was very hot out there. We stayed near the 4-wheel drive truck we were using and did day-hikes but we also carried 40 gallons of water for 3 people and we drank almost all of it by the time we were done.

I don't understand how they could have made such a serious blunder if they were avid hikers.

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California family found dead on hike killed by extreme heat, sheriff says [View all] bullwinkle428 Oct 2021 OP

Regardless of the temperature it seems like taking a 1 year old on an 8 mile hike is a bad idea. nt PoliticAverse Oct 2021 #1

tragically poor decision-making Skittles Oct 2021 #2

I recently did a 5-day trip in Arizona Chautauquas Oct 2021 #3

I don't even want to walk to the mailbox... 3catwoman3 Oct 2021 #4

Very sad. I don't understand why they would want to go hiking when it was that hot... deurbano Oct 2021 #5

I think the key is "Temperatures were in the 70s when the family started their hike"... PoliticAverse Oct 2021 #6

8 miles is not that far. I can do an easy walk of a mile in 15 minutes. Maybe I am way off but even LizBeth Oct 2021 #7

"I can do an easy walk of a mile in 15 minutes." - with a one year old child? n/t PoliticAverse Oct 2021 #8

two adults, switch sides? Yes. LizBeth Oct 2021 #10

8 miles of road or sidewalk is a lot different from 8 miles through brush, trees, and other... Lancero Oct 2021 #9

It was a trail LizBeth Oct 2021 #11