Peralta Trail to Lone Pine - The dangers of heat and humidity while hiking

Peralta Trail to Lone Pine - The dangers of heat and humidity while hiking
Tina and I have been training for an upcoming hike lately. Unfortunately in the summer in Phoenix, that means dealing with the heat or going north to higher elevations. So we did plenty of driving, but this past weekend it was supposed to be substantially cooler here in the valley for a single day. We decided to go for it and hike the Peralta Trail in the Superstition Wilderness. The original goal was to take the Peralta trail up to Fremont Saddle. From there we would go to an overlook called Lone Pine. Then, on the way back we would take a social trail to a cave and finally descend Bluff Springs back to our car.
Immediately, we found out this wasn't a great plan. The monsoons had come through the day before, increasing humidity to around 50%. That may not seem like much to many of you, but for desert dwellers, that's a lot. So it felt hotter than we expected. Still, part of the challenge here was to train for a hotter hike, so the temps weren't really unexpected. Besides, we would be back at the truck early enough that temps wouldn't get into the 90's.
The rest is pretty obvious and the video speaks for itself. One thing I did not add is that I didn't take my PLB on this trip. I've hiked this trail many times - sometimes in hotter temperatures - and I figured we wouldn't encounter any troubles. That's stupid. If you have a PLB and you'll be in a place that you won't have mobile service, you should bring your PLB. Never know what could happen out there; on this trip we met a couple coming down who warned us about a rattlesnake on the trail. We didn't see it, but PLB's don't weigh much. Better safe than sorry. Hopefully this helps someone out there so they don't make the mistakes we did.
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