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4 years 10 months ago #1263 by genocache
genocache replied the topic: DV Death
Wow, amazing, and then add in his age and a 12 mile hike attempt. I mean for a baked potato, 400° for 60 min.

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4 years 10 months ago - 4 years 10 months ago #1262 by D.A. Wright
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I thought this an interesting statistic, as quoted from an article on the death from the Sierra Wave News (Bishop):

The hiker is thought to have set off on Sunday or Monday in 118 degrees Fahrenheit heat with
up to 91 percent humidity due to scattered showers. To give readers some idea of how “hot”
that combination of extreme hot temperature and very high humidity “feels,” according to the National Weather Service Heat Index Calculator, it is the equivalent to the body feeling the
temperature of 320˚F (160.4˚C).
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