Double Hot Spring
Double Hot Spring is locate to the west of the Black Rock Range and north of Black Rock Spring.
In 2000, Lisa O'Shea died a few weeks after she jumped in to Double Hot to save two dogs. Andy Crowell survived, though he had second and third-degree burns over 80 % of his body.
O'Shea's mother sued the BLM for wrongful death for $15 million and eventually settled for $1 million.
Crowell sued for $25.5 million.
External Resources
- Gary Andrew Poole, "JOURNEYS; Drawing a Hot Bath From the Center of the Earth,", NY Times, November 01, 2002.
- Jeffrey Mullins, "BLM settles death lawsuit for $1 million," Elko Daily Free Press.
- soak.net Nevada 1095044346 Sept. 2004