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PHOENIX — A hiker who went missing on a Phoenix-area mountain was found dead Friday, police said.
A 48-year-old woman was hiking with a group of people in South Mountain Park when she struck out ahead of them on the trail.
http://ktar.com/2015/08/21/missing-hike ... -mountain/
In these urban circumstances, dehydration is generally not the fatal factor, it is heat stroke. A good coverage hat, (or an umbrella) helps reduce body temperature dramatically. I prefer cotton shirts for summer desert hiking (unless it's muggy like today) - the evap helps cool ones body down.
South Mountain Fatality
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