Who: 52-year-old Sohee Koo
Where: Mesquite Dunes, Death Valley National Park, California
Her mistake: She hiked on a day that was way too hot
What happened: A Korean woman was hiking in Death Valley National Park with other members of her Buddhist monastery. Temperatures that day were 123 degrees with a ground temperature hovering around 140 degrees.
The group was on a hike back when some of them started to show signs of heat exposure. One woman collapsed on the trail. The group elected to put the woman in some shade and rush to the car for help. As the group got back to their car, rangers who were alerted of the situation, located them. The group showed rangers where their friend lay. But by the time the rangers arrived, the woman died.
Two others in the group showed signs of heat exhaustion, but refused treatment. Rangers recovered the body of the dead hiker.
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