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He lived to be outdoors, even in extremes like Death Valley. He died doing what he loved (www.latimes.com)
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A 71-year-old Los Angeles man died in California’s Death Valley National Park on Tuesday, likely due to heat, as the afternoon high recorded in the park was 121 degrees, officials said. The Inyo County Coroner identified the deceased as Steven Curry.

Curry fell to the ground outside the restroom at the Golden Canyon trailhead, the Inyo County Sheriff’s Office and the national park wrote in a news release.

Before collapsing, Curry had been interviewed in the early morning by a Los Angeles Times reporter at Zabriskie Point; he had hiked about 2 miles from Golden Canyon to the point.

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[–] MysteriousSophon21@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

this is why having emergency gear is so important in extreme environments - a small portable power station from gearscouts.com can run a personal fan or charge emergency devices when you're in places like Death Valley where heat stroke can hit before you realize it.