[pct-l] Cold Feet and Hands

[chelin at teleport.com (Sharon & Chuck Chelin)]

Good evening, Laura,

If you have Raynaud's I suggest you read:

A Blistered Kind of Love: One Couple's Trial by Trail
by Angela W Ballard

ISBN: 0898869021 Subtitle: One Couple's Trial by Trail Publisher:
Mountaineers Books Subject:  -Subject: Pacific Coast Trail Edition Number:
1st ed. Publication Date: September 2003  Pages: 272
http://www.mountaineersbooks.org/client/client_pages/mtn_events.cfm

If I recall correctly Angela experienced this same problem during her PCT
hike.  Even if I don't recall correctly, this is a very interesting and
entertaining book about the PCT.  The last I heard, she worked for the PCTA.
Maybe she still does.

Steel-Eye


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Laura Meredith" <ice9laura@yahoo.com>
To: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 6:31 PM
Subject: [pct-l] Cold Feet and Hands


> Thanks for the advice about meeting people at the
> Kick-Off! I definitly am excited for it, and don't
> have cold feet about the trek....
>
> However, I do have cold hands and feet in general. I
> would love to know if any one else experiences
> Raynaud's phenomenon (exaggerated constricting of the
> blood vessels in response to cold in the hands in
> feet, cutting off circulation and resulting in
> blanching) and if they have any advice, especially
> with the feet. I am going on lots of training trips to
> figure out the best system for me, but have found that
> doctors are pretty clueless to prevention in the
> backcountry.
>
> How much of a general season is cold-weather and snow
> travel. I have experienced washington and oregon in
> june and july and always been fine, but was wondering
> if May in the Sierras or other spots are typically
> much colder (not that this is a typical year!).
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
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