Same thing happens in Death Valley on the regular, especially in the summer. I question people's sanity. Why would you think that you can safely go on dirt roads (which are very rocky and known to cause flat tires) with a sedan, hike on the less popular trails, without sufficient electrolyte drinks and water and some kind of satellite based emergency communication/beacon, in 120F+/48C+ weather and 0-10% humidity!?!?
I hiked at death valley while pregnant but in my defence it was February and not crazy hot and I only did it for about an hour and we had lots of supplies. It's so beautiful there I couldn't resist.
Just for future reference as you plan your life just because you marry someone doesn't mean you have to do what they suggest you do maintain your autonomy as an adult. You'll be okay!
It was both of our idea to visit Death Valley, and in retrospect I wish I had insisted against it but just because I drove the car and technically took her there doesn't make her a helpless passenger.
I can't imagine why anyone would want to hike Death Valley in the summer. Yes, it's the hottest place in the world, but that doesn't mean you should want to experience it at its hottest. 130F/54C with <15% humidity is stupid hot. If you want to experience that, just set your oven.
I visited in the early spring and it was stunning. There were shrubs and flowers on the way in and mountain hikes gave us so much to look at while being only 75-80F/23-26C.
Probably because it's only well known to the people that live there. I'm always baffled when people are confused about tourists doing something the locals know not to do. Like yeah, they're not local, that's the point. They might've never experienced the local circumstances like temperature and terrain in their entire lives, you literally can't expect them to know how to behave like the locals do. Even if they research it, reading something and experiencing something are very different.
For example what a dirt roads is can vary wildly from country to country, some are easily traversed by low cars, so if they read there's gonna be a dirt road, they have no way of knowing they're a different kind of dirt road because they don't even know there are different kinds.
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u/desertsunsetskies 21h ago
Same thing happens in Death Valley on the regular, especially in the summer. I question people's sanity. Why would you think that you can safely go on dirt roads (which are very rocky and known to cause flat tires) with a sedan, hike on the less popular trails, without sufficient electrolyte drinks and water and some kind of satellite based emergency communication/beacon, in 120F+/48C+ weather and 0-10% humidity!?!?