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Family hikes on closed Arizona trail — until their kids collapse from heat and need stretchers (video)

Family hikes on closed Arizona trail — until their kids collapse from heat and need stretchers (video)

Carla Sinclair
Jul 02, 2025
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Image: Arizona hiking trail at at Camelback Mountain; Jason Finn / shutterstock.com

With Phoenix temperatures already over 100 degrees at 10am last Sunday, officials closed down a popular hiking trail for obvious safety reasons. One Arizona family, however, somehow took the trail-closure signs to be a welcoming invitation, and set off on a late morning h…

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