[pct-l] electrolytes

[Diane at Santa Barbara Hikes dot com]

I like Crystal Light Hydration. Lemonade flavor. I don't like the  
sugary drinks. They are usually too sweet. I can't stand anything  
with corn syrup in it. I have never liked the taste. I have also  
enjoyed Electrolyte Stamina packets. It's fizzy like Emergency-C or  
however you spell it.

Some real lemonade, though, would have really hit the spot for me.  
With ice and real lemons and sugar. God, I would have enjoyed that  
more than anything I ever found in a cooler on the trail or anything  
I ordered in a restaurant or anything specially formulated by a  
scientist.

The worst hydration I experienced on the trail last year was  
approaching Walker Pass. There is a big burn area. It was so hot  
through there. I got hypnatremia on the way to the campground at  
Walker Pass. I had to tell myself to stop drinking and wait until I  
could get some cool water from the trough (moo moo I was starting to  
feel like a cow by then) and make some lemonade. I got to lick the  
crumbs out of a bag of potato chips, too. Mmmm potato chips. The  
perfect trail food. Carbos, fat and salt.