Los Angeles hiker found dead at Death Valley National Park

 Los Angeles hiker found dead at Death Valley National Park

GOOD EVENING, I'M MICAH HOME AND I'M SURE CALVIN. HE DIED DOING WHAT HE LOVED DESPITE THE SOARING TEMPERATURES IN DEATH VALLEY HIKING IN ONE OF THE HOTTEST PLACES ON EARTH TONIGHT, FAMILY AND FRIENDS ARE REMEMBERING 71 YEAR-OLD STEPHEN CURRY WHO COLLAPSED AS TEMPERATURES PUSH PAST 120 DEGREES. KTLA IS RICK CHAMBERS LIVE IN SOMEONE WHERE HE SPOKE TO CURRY'S WIFE ABOUT HER HUSBAND.

>> AND HIS LOVE OF THE OUTDOORS RICK. YEAH MICAH STEVE WAS A GOOD-HEARTED ADVENTUROUS TYPE OF GUY SO. >> GOING FOR A HIKE IN DEATH VALLEY WAS NOT A HUGE SURPRISE TO ANYBODY THAT KNEW HIM.

BUT DOING IT DURING A HEAT WAVE AND NOT COMING BACK. IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE ALL TRYING TO COME TO GRIPS WITH. >> HE JUST HAD THIS DESIRE TO GO THERE HE WANTED TO TAKE THIS ONE HIKE.

AND IT DID HIM IN. >> RE MCCURRY TALKS ABOUT THE LOSS OF HER HUSBAND STEVE DURING A HIKE TUESDAY IN DEATH VALLEY. THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN BY A NEWSPAPER PHOTOGRAPHER JUST HOURS BEFORE HIS DEATH HE WAS A LOVING MAN VERY GOOD SHOLD.

>> GOOD HARDAGE. ENJOYED PEOPLE. LOVED THE OUTDOORS STEVEN RIMA TOGETHER FOR 29 YEARS WALKED NEARLY EVERY DAY THROUGH THEIR SON GLEN NEIGHBORHOOD AND STEVE FREQUENTLY TOOK ON THE LOCAL MOUNTAINS BE LIKE CHALLENGES.

>> I MEAN HE'S KIND OF AN INTROVERTED IRONMAN TYPE PERSON BUT STEVE WHO WAS 71 HAD HEART PROBLEMS. >> AND THAT JUST FINISHED A FOUR-MILE WALK THROUGH GOLDEN CANYON IN 121 DEGREE HEAT WHEN HE SUDDENLY COLLAPSED OUTSIDE A RESTROOM AT THE TRAIL. IT.

HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS WERE NOTIFIED JUST THIS MORNING. BUT THE CORONER HE REALLY TRULY A GOOD SOUL AND I DON'T KNOW THAT'S GOING TO BE A BIG LOSS FOR ALL OF US IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. >> REMUS SAYS THAT STEVE BEGAN TALKING ABOUT HIS TRIP TO DEATH VALLEY.

2 WEEKS AGO. AND SHE QUESTIONED THE TIMING. BUT SHE NEVER THOUGHT IT WOULD BE HIS LAST.

>> NOW THE COMMUNITY SEEMS TO BE RALLYING AROUND DREAM RIGHT NOW IN FACT ONE OF HER NEIGHBORS HAS SET UP A GOFUNDME PAGE TO HELP PAY FOR FUNERAL AND HOME EXPENSES. IF YOU THINK YOU CAN HELP OUT I KNOW SHE'D APPRECIATE IT JUST GO TO OUR WEBSITE AT KTLA DOT COM.