I think the carnage was the riders that had given up and were laying under trees,bushes, or curled in the fetal position in the sun by the side of the road. It was these type of issues that were taxing the EMS system to the limit. It was a sight to behold. The number of crashes were not outside the norm, the number of heat related issues were as bad as I have ever seen. It could have been much worse had they not shut Hells Gate when they did.