Tragic incident indeed.
I had 114 F in Death Valley when I was there 5 years ago and it was actually 119 F when I left the Visitor center. It was hot, very hot! But it was dry and humidity must have been low - thus it didnt feel totally uncomfortable.
I have definetively ridden in hotter conditions although I never saw any thermometer that could measure the temprature on those rides. I remember riding the Gibb River road in Australia westbound from Kununurra. Spent 2 days to the halfway point. Carried 15 liters of water and a few smaller juice and milk cartoons - it was more or less gone in less than two days! Insane! Gulping down 7-8 liters of fluid pr day…
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