A man considers crossing a bridge (yes, there is a wooden bridge in there) after driving three and a half hours to Hetch Hetchy Reservoir in Yosemite and getting caught only part of the way through the trail. Bizarre weather, including a winter with a record amount of snow and a summer with record heat brought snowmelt cascading over the trail–something he had never seen in his 20 years of hiking there. 

This man decided not to cross, but a few days later, someone else did. That man slipped and died. 

Climate change can ruin your outdoor plans this summer. Can the outdoor industry save them?

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