[pct-l] Heat Protection

[wandering_bob at msn.com (wandering_bob@xxxxxxx)]

In section F Mojave to Walker Pass), we secured our big space blankets (the heavier 5x7 type with one colored side and one mylar) from a convenient Joshua tree and lay on our closed cell foam pads to escape the heat of the day. We also rigged our umbrellas in the same tree for additional shade. It worked great.   

One caveat: Joshua tree leaves are long, hard, spear-like critters with a really sharp tip. Watch yourself or they'll spear you. Those tips break off in your skin and it can be a challenge getting them back out. Also, you aren't the only desert creature seeking shade under those trees so look around carefully before you just plop your self down. Not all rattlers are so courteous as to give warnings.

Wandering Bob
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  Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 5:17 AM
  Subject: [pct-l] Heat Protection


  Hi

  During a recent heatwave, I rigged by tarp in the garden and sat beneath it.
  The super thin 1.1oz silnylon offered very little protection from the heat,
  it's also kind of transulucent.  Does anyone think it would be worth my
  while rigging a mylar space blancket over the top of the tarp for the
  desert? I am intending to sit out the heat of the day whenever possible, and
  reakon  I would probably need to use 2 at 2 oz each, is this a worthwhile
  weight to take? I had not intended to use a space blanket for anything else.

  Regards

  Rik


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