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Downsides of hiking in a heat wave: Risk of sunburn and heat stroke, your back ends up soaked with sweat, you have to get up at the crack of dawn to enjoy comfortable temperatures on the trail.
Upside: Maybe you can just leave that stove at home.
For the past few weeks, the western US has been in the grip of a record-setting heat wave, with temperatures soaring into the triple digits. The southwest has gotten some of the worst of it, with temperatures at Phantom Ranch in the Grand Canyon cresting at 115 degrees.
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