I'm not at all supprised that a trek took a girls life, I almost passed out many times while I was hiking in the Oregon/California area July of 2001, durring a terrable drout. I have a weak heart and problems breathing. The way they handled me, was putting me in the front of the line. The did the same thing when I got nine bee stings in my left arm. They couldn't do anything about the swelling, but they told me to hurry or I "would be punished with extra pack time at the end of the day"