[at-l] Hiking in Florida (and other hot places)

[spiriteagle99 at hotmail.com (Jim and/or Ginny Owen)]

Bryan -
We live near Washington, DC.  We get the same humidity - and sometimes 
higher - that you do.  And the 90+ temps.  We spent 3 days in PA over July 4 
weekend - it was hotter and more humid than in Florida.  And had more 
climbs.

Uh - hey, grey owl - or anyone else who was there - what was the temp in da 
Nam when you were there?  How much of an excuse was that?  Now that was NOT 
a fun hike, but it makes Florida seem almost frigid.  <VBG>

We hike in summer.  No excuses.  <G>

But YMMV - we all make our own choices, don't we?

Walk softly - and wetly,
Jim


>From: "J Bryan Kramer" <jbryankramer@msn.com>
>To: "Jim and/or Ginny Owen" 
><spiriteagle99@hotmail.com>,<at-l@backcountry.net>
>Subject: RE: [at-l] Hiking in Florida (and other hot places)
>Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2003 10:37:48 -0400
>
>LOL, let me assure you, 95 degrees in Florida ( and other places like
>Louisiana) is not the same as 95 degrees in Arizona. We take a annual trip,
>usually about 3 weeks, and often out to the southwest. We notice that when
>it is in the mid 90's out there in desert country it feels like the low 
>80's
>back in Florida. We are surprised when we see the temperature displays on
>banks and such because it never feels that hot.
>
>  The factor you are not adding to the calculation is that humidity in
>Florida runs a minimum of 80% and is often up to 100%. In the desert you
>sweat and cool off, sweating is not effective in Florida's a cooling
>mechanism. The humidity in desert country is more like 10 or 20%, that's a
>big difference. Of course that carries it's own hazards. Of course I have 
>to
>say that it did feel rather warm a week or so ago when we were out there in
>Walnut Canyon, but I think it was around 112 or so at the time and Death
>Valley at Badwater was quite toasty at 122 a couple of weeks before that.
>But it was 106 here with 95% humidity a few years ago and that was darn 
>hot.
>
>Bryan
>
>"Si vis pacem para bellum"
>

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