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A MODERATELY DIFFICULT TRAIL, SOMEWHERE—What was supposed to be a refreshing morning hike quickly turned into a full-scale melodrama Saturday after local man Todd Reynolds, 44, dramatically collapsed onto a sunbaked rock just three minutes into the trail, breathlessly urging his friends to “go on without him.”
The hike, which Todd had enthusiastically planned in the group chat days earlier, started off with optimism. “He was all about ‘getting back into nature’ and ‘pushing himself,’” said longtime friend Mark Davidson. “Then we hit the first patch of uneven ground, and he started breathing like an overheated lawnmower.”
According to witnesses, Todd initially tried to mask his distress
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