The family of an Army reservist who died on an SAS selection hike were told it would have been "too much paperwork" to postpone the march due to the heat, an inquest has heard.
Lance Corporal Craig Roberts, 24, was one of three reservists who died after taking part in the exercise in the Brecon Beacons in South Wales on 13 July 2013 - one of the hottest days of the year.
Data from a weather station showed the temperature was just over 27 degrees Celcius by late afternoon, the inquest into their deaths heard.
In a family statement read by her lawyer at the hearing, L/Cpl Roberts' mother Margaret questioned why her son was "sent up there in that heat."
L/Cpl Roberts' relatives were told by an Army officer "there would have been too much paperwork" to change the timing of the 16-mile (26km) march, the inquest heard.
The family said: "We were so angry with this answer. We were being told that the march wasn't cancelled to save on paperwork."
The unnamed commanding officer is alleged to have made the comment at a hospital shortly after L/Cpl Roberts' relatives viewed his body in the mortuary.
L/Cpl Roberts joined the reserves while studying at the University of Leicester and had been working as a teaching assistant when he died.
The hearings are also being attended by the families of the two other soldiers who died, Lance Corporal Edward Maher and Corporal James Dunsby, both 31.
Cpl Dunsby's widow told the inquest her husband, an Afghan veteran and an analyst for the Ministry of Defence, was extremely fit and a trained combat medic.
Bryher Dunsby also described him as "handsome", "charming" and "good at everything".
He was "a delightful eccentric mix between Flashman, a PG Wodehouse novel, and a Noel Coward play", she said.
The inquest also heard L/Cpl Maher was a former full-time Army soldier who had previously worked in hot climates and was "superbly fit".
His father, also called Edward, said his son left the Army in 2009 but joined up as a reservist after graduating from university.
"In his spare time he volunteered with a number of charities, including Help for Heroes," Mr Maher said
"He was interested in boxing, mixed martial arts and running."
Both L/Cpl Maher and L/Cpl Roberts died of hyperthermia on the day of the march, while Cpl Dunsby died of multiple organ failure as a result of hyperthermia just over two weeks later.
All three were on the first day of a week-long assessment while attempting to join the reservist section of the elite regiment.
The inquest, being heard in Solihull, West Midlands, is expected to examine risk-assessments, briefings and the amount of water given to the men before the march.
It comes after it emerged a Royal Marine trainee collapsed and died during a 30-mile (48km) march on Dartmoor last week.
The man, whose name is not being released, was based at the Commando Training Centre at Lympstone, Devon.
