[pct-l] mistakes I made while hiking the PCT

[Gary Wright]

On Mar 9, 2010, at 8:07 PM, Diane at Santa Barbara Hikes dot com wrote:
> I've been dehydrated a million times. It really isn't that big of a  
> deal to get a little dehydrated. You can get over it easily by  
> drinking water.
> 
> The real problem is when you find yourself drinking a lot but you are  
> still dehydrated. No matter how much you drink you can never feel  
> your thirst being quenched. Then you start to feel really horrible.  
> Weak, queasy, thirsty and generally not good.

It sounds like you are describing hyponatremia:

<http://sportsmedicine.about.com/od/hydrationandfluid/a/Hyponatremia.htm>

This has been discussed before on PCT-L.  Prevention is the best cure.
Make sure you are eating as well as drinking to ensure that your
electrolytes don't get out of balance.

Radar