A 71-year-old man from the Los Angeles area died at a trailhead in Death Valley National Park as temperatures reached 121 degrees, according to officials.
A 71-year-old man from the Los Angeles area died at a trailhead in Death Valley National Park Tuesday afternoon as temperatures reached 121 degrees, according to officials.
"National Park Service officials believe he had likely just been hiking the popular trail," the news release said. "He was wearing a sun hat and hiking clothes, and carried a backpack. His car was in the parking lot." A Mercy Air helicopter was unable to fly to the scene due to the extreme heat, officials said. When park rangers arrived, they performed CPR and used an automated external defibrillator, but were unable to save the man.Officials said temperatures at nearby Furnace Creek reached about 121 degrees around the time of the man's death, but it was likely much hotter inside Golden Canyon due to canyon walls radiating the sun's heat.
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