[pct-l] How much water to carry

[Gary Wright]

On Mar 15, 2013, at 1:39 AM, Brick Robbins <brick at brickrobbins.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 9:25 PM, Bill Potter <billpotter at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> It was a good lesson and I'm going to do more hikes with significant elevation gain and in the heat of the day to really learn what my water intake is.
> 
> A "water consumed per mile" number, without taking into account
> temperature, sun exposure, and wind, is pretty meaningless.


And you can 'control' these things by simply choosing *when* to hike. By hiking early in the morning and taking a long break in the shade during the heat of the day you can radically change the amount of water you'll need/consume.

Radar