This Associated Press video is a good, straightforward look at the death of Evan Tanner:
Tanner apparently died of heat exposure near a camp site where temperatures reached 110 degrees. Some have suggested that Tanner acted irresponsibly, but I think that's a rather harsh assessment of someone who, as Kid Nate at Bloody Elbow notes, simply underestimated how much water he would need for a 10-mile round trip hike away from his base camp, and collapsed and died from the heat and dehydration before he could get back.
Tanner was 37 years old.
Tanner apparently died of heat exposure near a camp site where temperatures reached 110 degrees. Some have suggested that Tanner acted irresponsibly, but I think that's a rather harsh assessment of someone who, as Kid Nate at Bloody Elbow notes, simply underestimated how much water he would need for a 10-mile round trip hike away from his base camp, and collapsed and died from the heat and dehydration before he could get back.
Tanner was 37 years old.
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