Wade Young - Killed by lightning strike on Humphreys

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Wade Young - Killed by lightning strike on Humphreys

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http://azdailysun.com/news/local/humphr ... 37ea1.html
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Yikes! Being struck by lightning is no bueno!
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They were on Humphreys during a monsoon storm! Sorry to hear they got zapped...
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update:
severely injured hiker, others taken to the hospital with minor injuries and burns
http://www.12news.com/news/local/arizon ... /278151546
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This now has become a fatality, since, despite having been reported as still walking, the 17-year-old has died.
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:( condolences to the family

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Data shows that 106 strikes hit the ground around the Humphreys Peak near Flagstaff between noon and 1 p.m. Wednesday.
There were nearly 400 cloud-to-cloud strikes in the same time period.
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Re: Wade Young - Killed by lightning strike on Humphreys

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Does anyone have any information on the survivors?!? If so, could you please put them in touch with me? After surviving being struck last year and loosing a group member, unfortunately, I know exactly what they are going through and want to help. Please let me know if anyone knows them...
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Re: Wade Young - Killed by lightning strike on Humphreys

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interesting follow up article:

http://azdailysun.com/news/local/hikers ... 71fcd.html
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Re: Wade Young - Killed by lightning strike on Humphreys

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I am guilty ... one of my trips up Humphreys was one of the scariest hikes of my life because I decided to tag the summit despite lightning. I first started to turn back from the final climb, then changed my mind and turned and sprinted to the top, and immediately back down. Some people watching from a bit lower commented and we laughed as I passed them on the way back down ... I think they were still going up too.
I look back on it and just shake my head - one of many very risky decisions that I got away with when I was younger.
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http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/loc ... /87482702/
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Re: Wade Young - Killed by lightning strike on Humphreys

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Sad ending of course but a very nice story and I loved the way they revealed his picture at the end. And at least the other two boys survived so it could have been worse.
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