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2015-06-24 -Obits-

WH Chef hired by the Hildebeest found drowned while hiking in mountains

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Posted by Besoeker 2015-06-24 15:07|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 NM tends to have many similar deaths to this one, people go for a hike & don't come back. It isn't like Kansas.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2015-06-24 18:10|| 2015-06-24 18:10|| Front Page Top

#2 Ft. Macy Park Wilderness Reserve?

Posted by Raj 2015-06-24 18:29|| 2015-06-24 18:29|| Front Page Top

#3 The last time I visited the Grand Canyon NP, the best selling book at the visitors centers & souvenir shoppes was "Over the Edge" about all the tourists who have died in the canyon, often due to their own foolish behavior.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2015-06-24 18:41|| 2015-06-24 18:41|| Front Page Top

#4 NEVER hike alone.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2015-06-24 18:55|| 2015-06-24 18:55|| Front Page Top

#5 The buddy system works in Kansas too. Many stories of a cowboy riding off alone to be found the next day with a broken leg.

Posted by swksvolFF 2015-06-24 20:15|| 2015-06-24 20:15|| Front Page Top

#6 If he was at 12K ft and moving fast like he normally would at lower altitudes without acclimating to the elevation for a while, you can get uncoordinated and a bit loopy (altitude sickness). Seeing as he was a 'recent' transplant and possibly not fully aware of the danger, could be possible.

Happened to me about four years ago while hiking up to the rim of Bryce Canyon (~8,900ft) even though I was drinking plenty of water. Didn't heed the warnings but recognized what was happening. Sat down for about 3/4 hour (you don't get bored just sitting there at Bryce, plenty to see). Felt much better and finished without a hitch.

Like AH says, there's plenty of hiking fatalities.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2015-06-24 21:04|| 2015-06-24 21:04|| Front Page Top

#7 We're overdue for a book called "Clinton's Curious Casualties" or similar, presenting stories of the premature mortality of the many - from Vince Foster through Chris Stevens, and (for the moment, at least) ending with Walter Sheib - who crossed paths with the Clintons, and the subsequently assumed room temperature. Looking at http://www.truthorfiction.com/clintonfriends/ it appears that you could field several softball teams' worth of "Clinton cadavers".

Posted by Lone Ranger 2015-06-24 22:05|| 2015-06-24 22:05|| Front Page Top

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