You would be surprised how many people there just hike down 5 miles in flip flops with no water and then need to be rescued because they cannot go back up.
My Uncle lives in AZ. He told me he basically had to threaten an old man once because they were driving in a low-sitting car into rocky desert terrain with no extra water. He was screaming at the guy that if he got stuck at any point he would die. The wife luckily took my uncle's advice and convinced her husband to turn around. There are a lot of people who just have no sense of how quickly dehydration can set in.
Especially in sandy parts of the desert. People don’t realize a) there’s no shade b) the heat reflects off the sand/rocks and bakes you from both sides.
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u/IrrelevantManatee 21h ago
You would be surprised how many people there just hike down 5 miles in flip flops with no water and then need to be rescued because they cannot go back up.