Maxwell Right (22) dehydration and exposure hiking in the Badlands

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Hiker dies on unmarked Badlands trail. 2 males from Missouri were hiking in the @BadlandsNPS
on an unmarked trail featured in a social media challenge & ran out of water Wed, July 20. Maxwell Right, 22 of St. Louis, MO, collapsed and died from suspected dehydration and exposure.

https://twitter.com/PennCoSheriff/st...40628587495426

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Hiker dies on unmarked Badlands trail. 2 males from Missouri were hiking in the @BadlandsNPS
on an unmarked trail featured in a social media challenge & ran out of water Wed, July 20. Maxwell Right, 22 of St. Louis, MO, collapsed and died from suspected dehydration and exposure.

https://twitter.com/PennCoSheriff/st...40628587495426

These social media challenges are so dumb. It's been super hot and people just don't know when to stop.

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Gawd.

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These social media challenges are so dumb. It's been super hot and people just don't know when to stop.

Yep. The Badlands are dangerous even if you know what you are doing, stay on the trails, are properly provisioned, and are dealing with more moderate temps. Not Everest dangerous, but still.

[Angiebla]

How would they know what trail to take if it was unmarked? And what do they do? Just video themselves doing the "challenge" and when they complete it they get internet points?

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https://www.newscenter1.tv/sister-hiker-who-dThe sister of a St. Louis man who died while hiking in the Badlands of South Dakota said Friday that he was camping as part of a trip to celebrate graduating from college and got lost trying to find his way back to his car.

The Pennington County Sheriff?s Office tweeted that 22-year-old Maxwell Right collapsed on an unmarked trail in Badlands National Park on Wednesday. He and a friend who was traveling with him had run out of water, according to the tweet. Temperatures in the Badlands had been approaching 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celsius) during the first half of the week.

Right?s sister, Lucille, said that the National Park Service told the family that her brother died surrounded by rangers. Authorities have not identified his friend, who the sheriff?s office said was flown to a Rapid City hospital and placed under observation for exposure and dehydration.

The sheriff?s office said in its tweet that the unmarked trail has been featured in a social media challenge. Lucille Right said her brother and his friend weren?t taking part in any social media challenge, saying they were on a larger trip to celebrate Maxwell graduating from Missouri S&T and had planned to visit Mt. Rushmore on Wednesday evening.ied-in-badlands-was-on-graduation-trip/