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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Garamond color=#000080>Dear pilgrim
friends,</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Garamond color=#000080>Medically speaking; you can go
without food for days...without water you have a problem ! Every one has
his/hers own "intake- schedule". ( one drinks more the other less), but if you
are surrounded by non-air-conditioned fields you're glad to take some water
along...( sorry for it but the urine-test is a perfect one). Our body seems to
be 80% water so be careful with it.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Garamond color=#000080>A banana is a product rich in
...(.....hydrates ??) and sporters and especially cyclists use it, It's easy
digestible - no effort to the system even if it's under strain - so it
keeps you going.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Garamond color=#000080>Yes my English is sometimes no
good I know. Sometimes I write it just in a hurry and there are those idiom
things which catch me..it's fair and I can share a laugh with
it.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Garamond color=#000080>So I liked it when I was
corrected on some points. And please do.!</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Garamond color=#000080>Pieter from
Holland</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=BlaroliaAOL.COM href="mailto:BlaroliaAOL.COM">Rosina Lila</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU
href="mailto:GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU">GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, February 20, 2001 3:00
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Water Water everywhere</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>HI Imelda,<BR>I'm sixty years old, all too careless about body
and health, and a confirmed<BR>non-exerciser. Nevertheless, I managed to
walk the entire Camino last summer<BR>without problems, blisters, or any other
ills, by following the advice of<BR>local pharmacists (who, in Spain,
are quasi medical doctors); they<BR>repeatedly told me to eat at least
one banana a day, WITHOUT FAIL (I forget<BR>the medical reason), and
over and over cautioned me not to drink water unless<BR>thirsty.<BR>I had
taken one of those fanny-pack water carriers, (with a hose), but
I<BR>discarded it after two days or so; it was unnecessary; now and then
I took<BR>along a small bottle of water, but very rarely did I need to drink
it all.<BR>I am not a water drinker to begin with, (get my liquids through
soup, coffee,<BR>etc) so that may have something to do with it. But I
did hear from other<BR>pilgrims who remarked that they had been carrying, or
drinking, water<BR>ill-advisedly and unnecessarily.<BR>Water is all too
readily available in the Camino if one needs it anyway.<BR>Perhaps there is
some psychological component to the need for it. I surely<BR>do
not understand why so many people walking about in the middle of New
York<BR>City (for crying outloud!) burden themselves, as they do,
carrying water<BR>containers and the like when you can get it anywhere for the
asking.<BR><BR>Regards,<BR><BR>Rosina</BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>