Summer bushwalking fatalities in the NT

Submitted: Wednesday, Jan 16, 2019 at 18:04
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I didn't see an EO thread about this incident. A German woman who was visiting the Alice Springs area hasn't been seen since around New Years Day. Reportedly she was last seen at Emily Gap in the East MacDonnells. Police have given up actively searching by this point.

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At the page linked above, you can click to other articles about this incident.

That article led me to news about another foreign tourist who recently died while descending Mt. Sonder in the West MacDonnells:

Mt Sonder incident

And somewhere in there, I found my way to an article about a couple who died during a walk in the Trephina Gorge area of the East MacDonnells. It appears they got off-trail and became lost. This happened in February of last year:

Two dead at Trephina Gorge

During my 2008 visit to Australia, I did all of these walks, including the Mt. Sonder climb, without incident. But I was in the area during the last few days of May when temps were quite reasonable.

I'm not sure what is needed to convince people that it's a bad idea to go bushwalking (AKA hiking) during 40+ C weather ?!
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