Unless you’re used to walking across hot coals, going barefoot in Death Valley is not a good idea.
A tourist learned that the hard way and is now hospitalized with third-degree burns on his feet.
The National Park Service says the 42-year-old man visiting from Belgium lost his shoes but kept walking barefoot through Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes.
The air temperature was 123 degrees at the time and the National Park Service says the ground temperature was much hotter.
After being rescued, the man was airlifted to University Medical Center in Las Vegas.
The guy started out wearing flip-flops and it’s unclear what happened to them.