The news here has been the buzzing the last few days about a 31-year-old woman who died in the preserve on Wednesday. She had started out in the morning at a trailhead near the one where I did my recent hike, and had climbed to the top of a rock formation called Tom's Thumb, which is visible from my walks. They found her body the next morning about 600 yards from trailhead. Cause of death unknown. She was in good condition and had done this exact hike several times before. She was always known to carry lots of water. From her pictures, though I see no hat and just a sports bra for her top. No sleeves.
I'm not saying she'd be alive today if she had been more covered up, but it does spring to mind as a possibly deadly error in the sun. But we'll find out more.
Evidently a 33-year-old man died on a trail in the Superstition Mountains about two weeks ago. And two people today were rescued off Camelback Mountain.
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