Father, daughter hikers found dead after running out of water at Utah park

A begetter and his girl who went hiking done Canyonlands National Park successful Utah died aft they ran retired of h2o arsenic temperatures soared supra 37 degrees Celsius.

Albino Herrera Espinoza, 52, and Beatriz Herrera, 23, of Green Bay, Wisc., were hiking nan Syncline Loop Trail connected Friday erstwhile they became lost. They texted 911 for help, and reported they stranded “and retired of water,” nan San Juan County Sheriff’s Office wrote successful a release.

Police alerted nan National Park Service, who instantly initiated a hunt for nan missing hikers. Their bodies were recovered astatine astir 6 p.m.

“When they were located, nan 2 individuals were already deceased,” nan National Park Service said.

Due to nan “remote area and rugged terrain,” a chopper squad was brought successful to retrieve nan hikers’ bodies. Their remains were airlifted disconnected nan upland early Saturday morning, constabulary said.

At nan clip of their deaths, nan aerial somesthesia successful nan parkland was complete 100 F, upwards of 37 C, according to parkland officials.

“While temperatures stay precocious this summer, parkland visitors are advised to transportation and portion plentifulness of h2o and debar strenuous activity during midday heat,” nan parkland work added.

The Syncline Loop Trail is marked arsenic a “strenuous” hike by nan National Park Service and it’s recommended that visitors bring astatine slightest 4 litres of h2o per personification to complete nan five- to seven-hour hike.

“This challenging way follows nan canyons astir Upheaval Dome and requires navigating steep switchbacks, climbing and scrambling done boulder fields wherever way markers are fewer and acold apart,” nan parkland work writes connected its website, adding that nan “most parkland rescues hap connected this trail.”

The San Juan County Sheriff’s Office and nan National Park Service proceed to analyse nan deaths. The bodies of Espinoza and Herrera were delivered to nan authorities aesculapian examiner.

“The San Juan County Sheriff’s Office acknowledgment our allied partners for their assistance pinch this tragic incident and expresses our deepest condolences to nan family and friends of Albino and Beatriz,” constabulary wrote successful their release.

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