[pct-l] More efficient in the heat

[tsparks56 at aol.com]

>From my experience of being a fire fighter over many years and training for this work of being on brush fires/wild fires, I agree with Mary, your body will adjust to the environment you are in, and in a short amount of time, will become more efficient for that environment the longer you are in it, to a point.  All of us have our own threshold of what our bodies can do but, if you are willing/able to put in the time, you can move this threshold forward a bit to make your hike just a little sweeter.  

 

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Mary Kwart <mkwart at gci.net>
To: Ellen Shopes <igellenig at gmail.com>; pct-l <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Mon, Mar 18, 2013 11:14 am
Subject: Re: [pct-l] More efficient in the heat




	Hi,  No But--Living up to your name, I see.  

	I was just reporting what I felt was happening to me with the sweat
condition. I could walk faster up hills, but I sweated more that way,
so I lessened my pace. I don't remember drinking more or less before I
was heat acclimatized--it's been so long since I wasn't heat
acclimatized. I agree with the salt needs. I know I start sweating
faster than others, but seem to sweat less overall. When I am
backpacking with the people in my local backpacking group who don't
train as much as I do with a pack--they seem to sweat a lot more than
I do when they are actually out on the trail and they seem to drink a
lot more water, too.

	At any rate--hikers should get to know their own reaction to walking
in the heat.

	Another thing I have learned over the years is that my resting body
temperature is a little lower than what is considered "normal" (98.2
as opposed to 98.6)--this has helped me enduring the heat when
backpacking. Convey my greetings to Elderly Ellen.

	--Fireweed

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ellen Shopes" 
To:"mkwart at gci.net" , "pct-l at backcountry.net" 
Cc:
Sent:Mon, 18 Mar 2013 05:34:40 -0700
Subject:More efficient in the heat

 Your post might imply to some that you sweat less as your body
becomes adjusted to the heat. Actually, the reverse is true. One
adjusts to the heat by becoming more effective at cooling...by
sweating more. An heat acllimated person must drink more than the
non-acclimated person.
 OTOH, the salt content per liter of sweat goes down as one
acclimates, so sodium needs do not increase.
 No Butt 

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