[pct-l] Keeping a VERY skinny guy warm in SoCAL

[montypct]

I don't quite get it either Craig

Maybe it's wrong, but it was taught by Outward Bound.  I've heard it other 
places in the last 20 years too.  I was suprised.  My logic said it would 
act like a hot water bottle inside a person.

Also here's some advise from a website I found in a search.  Not a doctor 
though.

http://www.capitaliron.net/camping_advice.html

"Try to urinate before going to bed as your body will not have to spend the 
energy required to keep all that liquid warm. "
I guess urine maintains a steady temperature.
It's good to know my urine won't freeze at night like my plumbing did a 
couple weeks ago.  Although it wouldn't take 100 feet of repipe, it would be 
a lot more painful.............. and the plumbing bill....

Another reason, as included in the Sierra Club's Wilderness Basics Course 
and other sources, is that the irritation of having to urinate can keep a 
person awake.

Warner Springs Monty

Craig wrote:

>I don't understand how that is possible. The urine is already inside  you, 
>has been all day and you were plenty warm then, I think  therefore it is at 
>or close to body temperature. It can't get cold  inside you because that 
>would mean it would have to lose heat, and  where would it lose heat to 
>when it is inside your body? Do we have a  physician or a physicist in the 
>house?
>
> ~Craig
>
> <snip>
> On 17/01/2007, at 6:19 AM, montypct wrote:
>
>> Don't hold urine in.  It takes a lot of energy to keep it warm  inside 
>> your
>> body.
>
> </snip>