questions! : carrying water

[Lydia Banales]

In spite of all these admonitions, I thought that I wouldn't really
perspire that much and I didn't want to have to answer nature's call in
the middle of nowhere. I was surprised to find myself 'sweating like a
pig" as they say. You just can't believe how much you perspire in this
walk. So I learned that when your mouth feels dry, it's too late. We
carry water in small bottles to distribute the load all over. So drink
up, my chums! Lydia

Maura Santangelo wrote:

>> 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
>