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If they are "avid hikers" like the article suggests, they would have brought water. Also doesn't explain why the baby died (don't think you'd give a 1 year old

• seattle_spring 5y ago
  Being an "avid hiker" is open to interpretation nowadays. A lot of my coworkers would call themselves "avid hikers", but they only hike stuff like Mount Si and Lake 22. For those unfamiliar with Seattle area hikes, those 2 are way more crowded than city parks and are in no way risky for anyone less than grossly unhealthy. I've been on hikes with them and their preparation involves bringing a single nalgene of water. They had never heard of "the 10 essentials."
  • stanford_labrat 5y ago
    Did you mean little Si? Mt Si proper is a pretty tough hike with a scramble at the end that can be somewhat tough/dangerous depending on conditions.
    • msftie 5y ago
      It’s a train of people up Si with a slammed parking lot… I think that’s the point. It is difficult, but it is also highly pedestrian as far as trails go in WA. We are lucky to have such high standards here where even the most accessible and trafficked trails are incredible
• dragonwriter 5y ago
  > Also doesn't explain why the baby died (don't think you'd give a 1 year old stream water). A one-year old is going to be heavily reliant on its parents actively taking care (in the short-term, most critically) in of hydration and heat management in the wilderness. If they are incapacitated by a toxin, that's quite plausibly fatal for the baby.
• hughrr 5y ago
  Avid hikers are more likely to travel light and source water on the way. Me I’d rather lose a couple of kg of weight and carry it in water instead.
• autokad 5y ago
  if the parents died, the baby would have died from exposure in pretty short time