A hiker died in the Grand Canyon after being found unresponsive, marking the third death in the national park within the last three weeks.

A man hiking in the Grand Canyon has died after being found unresponsive over the weekend, marking the third death in the national park within the last three weeks.

A 50-year-old unresponsive male hiker was found on the Bright Angel Trail in the Grand Canyon about 100 feet from the trail head on Sunday, according to the Grand Canyon Regional Communications Center.

Bystanders began CPR while emergency personnel responded to the scene, but efforts to resuscitate the hiker were unsuccessful.

  • @Fal@yiffit.netEnglish
    2•4 months ago

    as the lack of humidity means you don’t sweat

    Wtf? That’s not his that works

    • TimLovesTech (AuDHD)(he/him)English
      1•4 months ago

      I meant that with a high, or even “normal” humidity level you know when you are sweating. In that Arizona sun the air is so dry that you never feel sweaty, it instantly evaporates, but being so hot it also doesn’t act to really cool the body as intended. So it feels like you’re not sweating, potentially leading some to push harder not knowing how dehydrated they actually are until it’s too late.

      I think of it like the boiled frog, only instead of boiling in water you are slowly losing water you don’t even feel leaving you.