[pct-l] Fw: Switchback's Anti Heat Recommendations

[Reinhold Metzger]

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Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 1:39 AM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Switchback's Anti Heat Recommendations


> I hear you Ground Pounder.
> Those salt tablets could upset your stomach if taken on an empty stomach.
> I never drooped either although sometimes I wished I would so they could
> throw me on the helicopter and haul my sorry ass back to sickbay.
> Of course that was 40 years ago and I was in great shape then, not the
> physical wreck that I am today.
> I also prefer nuts and banana chips, over salt tablets, to maintain the
salt
> balance.
> Hope to see you on the trail someday.
> Are you going to the Kick-off?
>
> JMT Reinhold
> Your over the hill Ground Pounder compadre
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>
> Ground Pounder wrote...............Hi JMT, in the Corps they tried to make
> me take those salt tabs but they made me sick so I quit taking them. Old
Doc
> would hike along side me saying you are going to drop any second, but I
> never did.       Can't stand those things, I rather eat trail mix with a
lot
> of nuts.
>
> Ground Pounder
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Reinhold Metzger" <reinholdmetzger at cox.net>
> To: "'PCT-L'" <pct-l at backcountry.net>; <Hiker97 at aol.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 5:31 AM
> Subject: [pct-l] Switchback's Anti Heat Recommendations
>
>
> > Switchback pretty much summed it up.
> > Another option is hike at night.....sleep during the day.
> > Like Switchback said drink lots of water, but not to much, and eat food
> > containing salt like salted nuts and potassium like banana chips......to
> > replace the salt lost due to sweating.
> > I remember in the Marine Corps we always took a salt tablet every 2-4
hrs
> on
> > our forced marches.
> > Oh yes, there is safety in numbers.....hike with a friend or two.
> >
> > JMT Reinhold
> > The Canyon Rat
> >
>