[Paddlewise] Fw: Sweat My Suit

> Sitting in a position with relatively little leg movement, while sweating
> profusely enough  that 80 oz of fluid is inadequate to rehydrate , sounds
> like a great way to develop hemoconcentration and possibly cause blood
clot
> in the calf veins. The loss of sodium and potassium through sweat without
> electrolyte replacement might  also cause muscle cramping.If you have gout
> it could increase the risk of uric acid crystals  forming in your joints.
> Or if you are in that older age group, possibly cardiac arrythmias, renal
> shut-down. Oh... forgot the less esoteric risk  of heat
> prostration/sunstroke.  Allowing your self to get severely dehydrated is
> pretty risky.....even though you may get away with it 99 out of 100 times
.
>
>  Drink, pee, and live long!
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Shawn W. Baker <baker_at_montana.com>
> To: <PaddleWise_at_lists.intelenet.net>
> Cc: Jerry Hawkins <jhawkins_at_cisco.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2000 9:45 AM
> Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Sweat My Suit
>
>
> > At 01:50 PM 02/21/2000 -0500, Andree Hurley wrote:
> > >Peeing is always a big topic on the trips I've led...
> >
> > Jerry Hawkins said:
> > > Actually, the trick is to paddle hard and sweat so profusely that
> > > even after drinking 2 - 20 oz. Diet Cokes and 2 - 20 oz. Aquafinas
> > > you still don't have to urinate even 4 hours later.  That's my way,
> > > your mileage may vary.
> >
> > Then you're still dehydrating yourself; IMHO if you're not peeing, or
> > not peeing clear urine, you're not drinking enough.  I am surprised,
> > though, that drinking the Diet Coke doesn't make you pee more.  Caffeine
> > is a diuretic, so you must really be exerting to not pee for 4 hours.
> >
> > Shawn
> >
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