questions! : carrying water

Maura Santangelo maurasantangeloaSTNY.RR.COM
Thu Feb 6 11:36:49 PST 2003


> And the other side of the coin is a condition called hyponatremia
> caused
> by drinking too much plain water and not enough salt... the trailheads
> at
> the Grand Canyon now warn about this, advising hikers to eat as well
> as drink.
> It can become a serious medical situation... here's one of the many web
> sites on the subject (find more with google)
>
> http://www.rice.edu/~jenky/sports/salt.html
>
>
actually had that problem in the Grand Canyon, cured by eating a pound
of beef jerky



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