Heat Emergencies

Richard Low II
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It was a warm August day in New Hampshire as our hiking group trekked across the Presidential Range. We had hiked through the morning mist to get a head start on the thunderstorms predicted for the afternoon. As we broke out of the tree line, the temperature was in the high 80s and the humidity was around 70%. We were soaked in sweat, shedding layers of clothing in attempt to keep cool. We were halfway to Mount Madison when one person in our party complained of abdominal cramping. We stopped,...

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