[pct-l] acclimitation to hot weather

[matt maxon]

My suggestion would be to go on some moderate day hikes..... (8-10 miles)

I don't think stressing yourself would be advisable

Trail90

Craig Stanton wrote:
> I've just gone through summer here, but it hasn't been particularly  
> hot. I have a week in San Diego to settle in. Can you recommend a  
> good way to ease into the hot weather of So. Cal.? Should I spend my  
> week there in the sun drinking lots of water? In the shade drinking  
> lots of water? Wearing lots of warm clothes to make it harder that  
> week and then feeling cooler when I hit the trail? There must be a  
> good way to acclimatize but all I had planned on doing was turning up.
>
> ~Craig
>
>
> On 9/04/2007, at 10:37 PM, roni h wrote:
>
>   
>> Here in Israel hot weather behavior is drilled to evryone,  
>> especialy when we serve in the army. Wearing a hat and force  
>> drinking water is compolsery in many cases but even that doesn't  
>> always help.
>>
>>
>>   About a decade ago there was a very famous training accident when  
>> two soldiers from  Sayeret matcal - which is the most elite  
>> commando unite in the Israel, were found dead side by side from  
>> heat exostion, even though they still had water in their cantines.
>>
>>   From the inviestigation it turned out that those guys started  
>> training in the desert only the day or two before, and so weren't  
>> climitized to the hot weather.   Even though they were well  
>> hydrated, their body just wasn't able to to get rid of as much heat  
>> as it was making, so they become disoriented and collapsed in the  
>> exposed sun, and shortly afterwards died.  I imagine that the basic  
>> mentality of a soldier in an elite unite, of going on, regardless  
>> of anything, contributed to the fact that they didn't stop and rest  
>> in time.   I guess that the stuberness of some thruhikers might be  
>> somewhat similar to that, and might cause them to do the wrong  
>> decision when they are considering stopping.
>>
>>   A couple of  week of aclimization does help get Your body more  
>> well prepared for hot weather. You still have to be carful, though,  
>> not to overheat on the hottest hours of the day, and insted to seek  
>> shelter in the shade.
>>   The israeli army has areas, were training is prohibited in  
>> certain hot weather in certain times of day. This was a lesson that  
>> was lerned the hard way.
>>
>>
>>     
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