Re: [at-l] sleeping bags-hypothermia

["Coosa" <coosa@fox21.net>]

-----Original Message-----
>Conditions Leading to Hypothermia
>
>Cold temperatures
>Improper clothing and equipment
>Wetness
>Fatigue, exhaustion
>Dehydration
>Poor food intake
>No knowledge of hypothermia
>Alcohol intake - causes vasodilation leading to increased heat loss
>
>Wildbill


AND Coosa hiking in November when the weatherman says it will be 35 degrees
and the weather decides it will be in the low twenties and she brings her 30
degree 1/2 bag and fleece jacket.

YMMV and do not try this at home without the consent of your hiking partner.
Hypothermia is very serious, I lived to tell about it, that's why I am
laughing -- only because I get the second chance to do so!   (Well, third no
fourth really about nineteenth ??)

Coosa


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