[Gusto Brunt]

Originally Posted by Ammi

…it really is such a tragic thing and I’m glad that his family feel some comfort that he ‘almost made it’ as his wife has said…I’m also glad that he’s been found as that was a bit by chance as well, wasn’t it…

But it seemed so avoidable. As a doctor, he must have known the very serious effects extreme heat has on the body - particularly someone so close to 70 years old.

I heard he liked to take risks. Often that is not a good thing.

I think after the dust settles, many people will sit back and highly recommend the elderly do not go out in the midday sun, in extreme temperatures over 30c - in his case 45c. Or at least have a phone and a few water bottles. Plus a fan.

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Gusto Brunt

But it seemed so avoidable. As a doctor, he must have known the very serious effects extreme heat has on the body - particularly someone so close to 70 years old.

I heard he liked to take risks. Often that is not a good thing.

I think after the dust settles, many people will sit back and highly recommend the elderly do not go out in the midday sun, in extreme temperatures over 30c - in his case 45c. Or at least have a phone and a few water bottles. Plus a fan.

…of course it feels as though it was an avoidable tragedy and not without its ironies either…but how many times do we all say or feel through our lives..’I should have known better…’…because we’re human and we can often not heed the advice we would give…and in this tragic case, it has taken his life…I don’t think the conditions as described and temperatures etc would just be a danger to ‘elderly’…high temperatures are always a potential danger to anyone/everyone and in more than one way …that’s a much known thing and advised and recommended against going out in and being exposed to… and yet, as you say…people will ‘take risks’….it doesn’t make it all any the less a tragic ending of life…