Andrew Christiansen is KGUN 9's Catalina Foothills reporter. Send your story ideas to Andrew at andrew.christiansen@kgun9.com.
CATALINA FOOTHILLS, Ariz. — With her feet making crunching noises underneath her, Tammy Derickson hiked through Sabino Canyon, remembering her co-worker who passed away from a heat-related illness while hiking in California about 10 years ago.“She was a really really good person and a good employee,” Derickson said. “It hit everybody really hard in the office.”
The Arizona Department of Health Services’ most recent statistics show in 2020 there were over 2,000 people in Arizona who went to hospital emergency rooms because of the heat. The department said in 2021 there were over 2,500 people, and in 2022 over 2,800. “When you hike in the heat and you get dehydrated, you kind of become disoriented, so they think that they became disoriented,” Derickson said about her co-worker.
Nancy Debolt followed closely behind Derickson as they hiked through Sabino Canyon. Debolt, the club’s new member liaison, said she’s had a heat-related illness.That’s why you will always see her hiking not just with water, but also with salty snacks and hydrators.
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