Woman dies after separating from hiking partner on Camelback Mountain 

AZ heat is absolutely unmatched. I don't even want to think about the hell she endured having absolutely no tolerance to it. My heart breaks for her.

As a native I must say splitting up is the stupidest thing a person can do. But playing devil's advocate here... We weren't told the experience level of either hiker. Echo Canyon is one of the most deceptive tails in the valley when it comes to beauty versus danger. Going from well defined in one direction to almost non existent by just turning around. It's shaded in parts and is even damp after heavy rains. I can fault someone for thinking, "Oh, I can see inside a person's livingroom from here. I can just call for help if needed." Chivalry aside, it is an easy move for the inexperienced to make. Besides, have you ever met the persuasiveness of a Bostonian woman?

@Jeffrey Hagelin Why would one even want to continue if their partner couldn't? Sounds like a real jerk.

@Jeffrey Hagelin Unfortunately common sense isn't as common as we'd like. For the life of me I don't know why they don't run an ad campaign here every spring and summer about the dangers of our heat. People always hear, oh it's a dry heat, and never that it's brutally fast and efficient at killing. Add in 100+, high dew points and humidity, and the human body overheats rapidly. Even in the MOST experienced and acclimated. Like I said, that was dumb. But if you understand search and rescue, the concept of "just around the bend" puts even the most seasoned at risk.

Get the facts. She insisted he continue to get pics from the summit for her instagram account. If anything is to blame, it's her vanity.

He wasn’t a “friend” this was their first meet from over a website. What he wasn’t…was a hiker ! You stay with your followers NO MATTER WHAT !

1000%

He is a cop

@@tjpm The plot thickens. I think they need an outside agency do the investigation. There maybe nothing to see here, or it will end up being an episode on one of them murder mystery shows?

Yep 100% maybe she was running back down

most cops know better, they are versed in safety. (this person, slash boyfriend had no common sense whatsoever)

So tragic

@@yvonne2965 Its seriously hard to wrap my head around. Plus he leaves with all the water?? While she's visibly and audibly expressing she is not okay? What?! None of this makes sense. It was 102 today at this location and where she is from is averaging around 82! Ive never been so confused... such reckless neglect.

@@RoyalRoses yeah , exactly what kind of a friend was that , I mean she clearly was not prepared & felt sick & he still abandoned her ..poor woman trusted the wrong person

It's unreal hes can't be from here either hed know better if he were.

He’s a local cop. Somebody needs to involve FBI for outside of department investigation

He did call 911 , so , - ! There's that, lots of dying happening this year , sad. poor lady , bad choices

When you start in a group, you end with the group.

That’s your friendly local Phoenix PD officer.

he will, he doesn't deserve that guilt though. it's not THAT hot out there right now, and he was out there too so I'm sure he felt it and didn't think it would be hot enough to be deadly. I'm thinking she probably had some other underlying health issues at play besides just heat exhaustion.

@@dummkompf btw... temperatures reached over 102 in that area today. Boston very rarely reaches anything above 90, averages around 82. "Generally, caution should be taken if over 77 degrees (Fahrenheit). Above 82 degrees is considered ‘extreme caution’ - heat-related illness is possible with long exposure. Over 85 is dangerous - heat illness is likely and heat stroke is possible. Eighty-nine and above gives a high risk of heat stroke". You would never in a million years need an underlying illness to get heat stroke in 102 degree temperatures, its bizarre you would even assume that. People die from this every day, especially when they aren't familiar with such high temperatures or left unattended because they quite literally become delirious and can't even speak their own names. Somehow still not that bad, especially for her, right? Your whole point is invalid but even if it weren't, it stems from "how was he supposed to know she wouldn't make it?" Idk man... maybe because she told him exactly that?!? He sees shes in distress, but she also tells him this! What does he do? He takes the water, tells her to walk down a trail she isn't familiar with while her brain is literally melting, and then he leaves her to continue. He is the reason she is no longer alive, his selfishness is the reason she is no longer alive. Hes also an experienced hiker... she isn't. You'd think he know the "stay together rule", or he does and just didn't care. Even if what has been reported is 100% accurate, his actions are absolutely deplorable and I can't believe a single person would disagree with that. The other aspect is this entire situation displays such bizarre behaviors from such a seasoned hiker, something more could be at play. She had no other option but to die, he had the option to save her and he didn't. You're insane.

My Mom lives in Phoniex, it is so dangerous to hike without water, people are known to drop dead hiking in Phoenix for forgetting to drink the water they bring with them !

@@RoyalRoses wow that is a hell of a lot of assumptions in your post. where did you hear about how their interaction went? Or that he took the water? I'm guessing most likely he offered to go back with her but she told him to continue and said she'd be fine and just wanted to go back and rest. 102 is not that hot at all, I honestly don't understand how someone can overheat that badly in such mild weather. It's not really dangerous until it's like 110 or more. I bet if she had sat in some shade near the car and waited for him instead of panicking and walking around in the sun making it worse, then she'd still be alive. personally, I take precaution for the cold when it gets under 77. That's when I start needing long sleeves and pants. 82 is absolutely perfect weather, couldn't get better than that.

@@dummkompf Everone reacts differently to temperature. I've had heat stroke once, second time it started was in May in 90 degree weather, in a park. No water and hadn't eaten, I recognized the symptoms and got out of there. But if you're in it, probably not thinking clearly anyway. He should have turned around at that point because you've still got to get down. And where's the water?

@@yvonne2965 she had met him on instagram and he is a cop according to some posts.

@@jacquelines.johnson4031 so he definitely should have known better, he sounds like an uncaring narcissist

She probably didn't know. And he didn't tell her.

Ok. Let's go hiking. :)

He was an awful person & she didn’t even have water!!!!

Bruh Y’all are the reason Humans are going down

Nothing to do with being a gentleman...this was a rat act...

She told him to go ahead lol

Only his word about what "she said"....

@@dominiquexo4772 but he knew the area and would know that is a very bad idea

@@dominiquexo4772 he gets a lot of pushback on these pages. I think a few are cops by their language. Edited to say pushback against people who question why he left her

No matter where you live!!

I mean, maybe she left him on the trail in order to get away from him... hard to say ... do cell phones work on that trail? Did she try to call anyone? SO sad.

Someone needed to call nine one one emergency, stat...

Yeah, it's the guy's fault. Always the guy's fault. It sure wasn't her fault in any way. She has absolutely no responsibility at all because she is after all a woman and we all know women can't even take a hike in the middle of a city and stay alive.

Nobody has water in the desert. I been lost there lost my keys in death valley. I found em after 6 hours, but i wasn't worried because i can find water and food anywhere. I don't hike where i can't survive so i hike everywhere.

He had her phone

@@arribaficationwineho32 did she give it to him for safe keeping. ..they found her body with the help of the ping from her phone... someone has photos of her dying from heat exhaustion..

Yes , taking people out for an enjoyable excursion is the way to do it , maybe a false friend? So sad , RIP, young lady.

First time meeting on a date and he takes her up a mountain in 105 degree temp with no water. She dies. And this doesnt sound fishy.

& why would he even take her out there in the summer especially since she was not from the desert, the more I think about it , the less sense it makes

Bringing a novice on that trail in mid summer and then letting her go down ALONE...(no way)...THIS IS CRAZY !!!

because he wanted to show off

@@calmvibesnamaste9946 That was my first thought as well. Callousness and bravado was the downfall. Big Mistake.

I have been on that hike in Novmeber 2004--IT IS NOTHING!!!

For Real where is his common curtesy. If she went their with him he is responsible for her safe return. Regardless of the situation she was with him and if I was her family that dude would be explaining SOMETHING…I bet you it was a younger guy, she was out their on that mountain hunting some young ”teaness.”.Sad situation.WATERWATERWATER.

@@brandenballinger4584 My daughter was hiking in a group and one mean girl was low key hacking on her but when that girl got separated, my daughter was the one to go back to check on her. You don't leave others in the desert. (Btw, the girl's BF did NOT go back to check.)

it does not add up, stinks to high heaven

looked gated, notice the gate is open (now?) those houses against the mountain are all money.

Maybe. Maybe not. Some have no feeling.

another news report said they went before the 11 am hour. So any rule of hiking in heat would not have helped.

What did you won't her in a 2 piece pants suit ?? my goodness its over a 100 degrees. Why don't you just cut to the chase with your racial narrative finding anything you can to complain. Stick to the topic we are morning a very tragic loss and all you can come up with calling this beautiful woman a man because only men can wear wife beaters. I bet you 100 to 1 the man who left this poor woman to die was a Caucasian man just like yourself. So sad.

Yeah your local pd dragging tourists out there...🤦🏻‍♀️

@@readanencyclopedia2238 because…. She as an adult was forced and has no thought process of her own??? They’re both responsible in this process. Ignorance is not bliss and not an excuse.

@@staceyr4622 and you’re as big of a jerk as the local guy taking a tourist hiking with no water if you honestly think that

Because he's a cop familiar with the hike that knows the danger.