Peter Rattenbury wrote: >I believe if you get hot, AND you sweat, and you replace your liquid losses, or better overcompensate, by 'force' drinking water at normal temperature, you may get uncomfortable, but that does not give you an excuse for taking off your PFD. Since I live in southern Thailand, which is alway a bit on the warm side, I read everything I can about dehydrating and rehydrating. Some "authorities" preach about the merits of drinking room temperature water. They say that the body absorbs it faster and better. Then, I'll read another account by another "authority" and read that cool water is absorbed faster and better by the body. Hmmmm. Oh well, it's not too easy to keep water cool all day, so I usually drink warmer water. It seems to work. Peter also wrote: >Other folks going into hostile environments , ie, firemen, police, the military, don't take their protection off when they get hot. I'll bet those folks, especially the military, would LIKE to take their "protection" off. Do you think they'd choose to wear drab green heavy cotton in the heat? :-) And, the biggest difference is that paddlers are trying to have fun. Cheers, Liberal Dave Dave Williams paddler_at_loxinfo.co.th http://paddleasia.com Phuket, Thailand *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Aug 10 1999 - 00:29:42 PDT
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