Our mission includes preventing dehydration. This is a serious condition and can be deadly.
I have, in the past, been honored to speak personally - at length, with Rhonda Fincher, whose son, Kendrick (pictured above) passed from dehydration. We talked about her fine son and their charity organization.
Please help them and us prevent dehydration through education. Here is their mission overview:
The Kendrick Fincher Memorial Foundation was developed to ensure children have proper hydration during athletic activities and that they have squeeze bottles with them at all events. Because of Kendrick's death, procedures have been changed in the sports programs at the local schools to make it unlikely a similar accident will happen. We wish to work with any other schools or teams nationally to provide information on heat illness prevention.
- Rhonda Fincher - Mike Fincher
Please visit their site at http://www.kendrickfincher.org/about.htm
Here is a more recent dehydration death:
From:
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Hikers-Death-a-Warning-in-Hot-Temperatures-172227721.htmlHiker's Death a Warning in Hot Temperatures
By Danya Bacchus
| Monday, Oct 1, 2012 | Updated 10:43 PM PDT
Twenty-seven-year old Robert De La
Cruz Carpio, known as Robbie to family and friends, went hiking at Three
Sisters Falls saturday afternoon.
During the late-afternoon hike, he
suddently collapsed. Medics responded but he was pronounced dead on the
scene. Cal Fire Officials say he died on the trail from heat exhaustion
“He liked going out there. He liked
living life. That location is a place he had gone before hiking,” said
Helen End, Robert’s Aunt.
San Diego trails are popular places
for hikers but have proven dangerous when temperatures climb. Back in
July a woman died from heat stroke at Cedar Creek falls as temps hit 100
degrees. Just last month, 21 year old Collin Barnes died while going
for a run up to Flat Top mountain.
“Hydration, hydration, hydration.
That's not hydrating the day of, it's hydrating the day before," said
Sgt Don Parker, San Diego Sheriff's Department's Search and Rescue
Coordinator.
He says hikers need to be prepared, especially in this heat.
“When it's hot, 90 to 100 degrees or
more, you need to have at least a gallon of water. People say I can't
drink all that water, [but] you'd be surprised how much you need.”
He says planning properly is key,
meaning having enough water, the right shoes, clothing, and also knowing
the right times to go hiking.
“When the sun is straight up over
head it will be 80 to 90 degrees but at the bottom of the canyon it will
be 100 so it makes a huge difference. Timing is important.”
Robert’s family has set up a memorial Facebook page and fund for him.
Source: Hiker's Death a Warning in Hot Temperatures | NBC 7 San Diego
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