 Within days of the incidents, Egypt and Jordan responded by taking action against tourism companies who were accused of issuing unofficial visas. And of course, a consequence of the unofficial route is that pilgrims don't have access to cooling facilities such as air-conditioned tents and buses. They have to get by in the heat if they can. And it should be pointed out that heat-related deaths have happened at Hajj for many hundreds of years, but conditions this year were described as unprecedented.