Posted: Oct 21, 2021 / 11:04 AM PDT / Updated: Oct 21, 2021 / 02:55 PM PDT
John Gerrish, Ellen Chung and their 1-year-old daughter, Miju, are seen in an undated photo provided to KSEE/KGPE by Rosanna Heaslett.
A Northern California sheriff says a family and their dog died of extreme heat exhaustion and dehydration while hiking in a remote area in August.
Mariposa County Sheriff Jeremy Briese said Thursday that John Gerrish, his wife, Ellen Chung, their 1-year-old daughter, Miju, and their dog were walking in extreme heat before they died. Briese says their water container was empty.
They were walking in a remote area close to the Merced River in the Sierra National Forest, where they were found dead Aug. 17 after a family friend reported them missing.
Temperatures ranged from 107 to 109 degrees Fahrenheit (43 Celsius) and their water container was empty, Briese said.
The family were found about 1.6 miles (2.6 kilometers) from their vehicle.
The case had baffled authorities and drew intense public interest.
Mariposa County sheriff’s investigators have worked with toxicologists, environmental specialists, the FBI and other experts. They ruled out the causes being related to a gun or any other weapon, a lightning strike, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, cyanide exposure, illegal drugs, alcohol or suicide.
The Bureau of Land Management closed campgrounds and recreation areas along 28 miles (45 kilometers) of the river, between the towns of Briceburg and Bagby, when water samples downstream from where the family died showed high levels of toxic algae.
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Posted: Oct 21, 2021 / 11:04 AM PDT / Updated: Oct 21, 2021 / 02:55 PM PDTJohn Gerrish, Ellen Chung and their 1-year-old daughter, Miju, are seen in an undated photo provided to KSEE/KGPE by Rosanna Heaslett.
A Northern California sheriff says a family and their dog died of extreme heat exhaustion and dehydration while hiking in a remote area in August.
Mariposa County Sheriff Jeremy Briese said Thursday that John Gerrish, his wife, Ellen Chung, their 1-year-old daughter, Miju, and their dog were walking in extreme heat before they died. Briese says their water container was empty.
They were walking in a remote area close to the Merced River in the Sierra National Forest, where they were found dead Aug. 17 after a family friend reported them missing.
RELATED CONTENT Trails where family of 3 died while hiking are closed for ‘unknown hazards’ Sierra National Forest hiking area where family and pet dog died treated as hazmat site Family of 3 and pet dog found dead in remote Sierra National Forest hiking area, deputies sayTemperatures ranged from 107 to 109 degrees Fahrenheit (43 Celsius) and their water container was empty, Briese said.
The family were found about 1.6 miles (2.6 kilometers) from their vehicle.
The case had baffled authorities and drew intense public interest.
Mariposa County sheriff’s investigators have worked with toxicologists, environmental specialists, the FBI and other experts. They ruled out the causes being related to a gun or any other weapon, a lightning strike, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, cyanide exposure, illegal drugs, alcohol or suicide.
The Bureau of Land Management closed campgrounds and recreation areas along 28 miles (45 kilometers) of the river, between the towns of Briceburg and Bagby, when water samples downstream from where the family died showed high levels of toxic algae.
油管上还有个“丛林生存100天” 可从中学到不少野外生存知识和本领。
看到过另外的一个悲剧：在孤船上允许孩子不穿救生衣下水，然后自己不穿救生衣去救孩子。这些悲剧都是缺乏准备的情况下出现的。Be prepared.
文章最后为啥提到水里面toxic algae high level? 而且，如果是dehydration 而死的话，直接说尸检结果一下就看出是因为dehydration吧，怎么可能说这么一句水壶是空的，太不专业了。
离那个park一小时车距的Yosemite hiking, 喜欢。说还想再去。这个新闻看得我怕怕。