Big Bend National Park (TX)
Day Hiker Succumbs To Extreme Heat
Nicholas Bull, 24, of Midland, Texas, went on a day hike on the Marufo Vega Trail with two friends on Friday, August 3rd. The temperature in the area reached a high of 108 degrees that afternoon, and the hikers became distressed when they ran out of water.
One member of the group hiked out to get help, and alerted the NPS to the emergency just before 3 p.m. that afternoon. The other two group members (including Nicholas) separated from each other while attempting to hike back towards the trailhead, and the second hiker made it out just as the first rangers were arriving on scene. A hasty search was begun for Nicholas involving rangers on foot and horseback and by air in an NPS aircraft. Border Patrol agents also joined in the ground search.
Ranger Matt Payton found Nicholas off-trail approximately 200 yards from the Marufo Vega Trailhead just before 6 p.m., approximately two-and-a-half hours into the search. He had already expired.
This was the second hiker fatality stemming from extreme heat conditions in two months.
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Day Hiker Succumbs To Extreme Heat
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