Crews Find Dead Body While on the Search for a Missing Hiker

[mitchtv]

PALM SPRINGS - Autopsies were being performed Monday on two men who died while hiking in the Palm Springs area over the weekend.

One man was found dead about 9:15 a.m. Sunday on a hillside west of North Museum Drive and North Belardo Road, according to the coroner's office.

The other was found dead about 11 a.m. Sunday on a hillside about 1,000 feet west of West Arenas Road and South Tahquitz Drive, the coroner's office reported.

The names of both men are being withheld at this point, according to the coroner's office >>>
http://www.kesq.com/global/story.asp?s=10751803







another story about a missing woman in the Mecca Hills. Hiking in this weather in the desert is really dangerous: Search Underway for Missing Hiker in the Mecca Hills

Posted: July 20, 2009 11:19 AM PDT

http://www.kesq.com/global/story.asp?s=10755837

[Tikki]

1. So sad, so sorry for the families.....

So unnecessary....

Ever see that Matt Damon, Casey Affleck movie ..."Gerry"?


Tikki

[SidneyCarton]

2. Too damn hot to be wandering around in the desert right now.

People need to be really careful, they underestimate the desert under the best of conditions, but in heat like this, little mistakes can be fatal.

[mitchtv]

3. the original hiker was having cramps,

told the others to go on , left him alone. Error...

[SidneyCarton]

4. Big error.

They should have gotten him water, and gotten him out of there right away, that guy was dehydrated.

[mitchtv]

5. It's been well over 110 degrees all week

118 earlier. there's a Dawrin award somewhere here

[kestrel91316]

6. Anybody who hikes out in the desert of SoCal in this heat, this time of year,

is just asking for a Darwin award. It's getting over 110F out that way.

[csziggy]

9. Didn't Kipling have a saying about "mad dogs and Englishmen" and the noonday sun?

I cannot imagine doing voluntary exposure to that kind of heat. Every so often we hear about workers who get heat problems, but mostly people who have to work outdoors know better. It's the hikers and recreational outdoors people who are stupid about weather conditions.

[Xithras]

10. I love hiking in the desert...in the SPRING

If you absolutely cannot put off the hiking urge, grab the tram to the top of San Jacinto. It's only in the low 80's up there.

[mitchtv]

7. last night they found the woman in Mecca Hills

actually there were three,the one they showed had a black shirt and no hat, also a Darwin candidate. It made 115 yesterday

[david13]

8. I was in Palm Springs yesterday. A little warm out there. And now

it looks like I go back tomorrow. I like warm weather.
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