RE: [at-l] Water on a thru hike

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>OK, what are the 3Hs?
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>Heat
>Humidity
>???
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>Nicole Markee
>nrm@bellandwhistle.com
>http://www.bellandwhistle.com
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-at-l@saffron.hack.net [mailto:owner-at-l@saffron.hack.net]On
>> Behalf Of Michael Henderson
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 1998 21:31 PM
>> To: at-l@saffron.hack.net
>> Subject: re: [at-l] Water on a thru hike
>>
>>
>> red wrote:
>> >>>
>> A question for the thru hikers out there.  Was obtaining water ever such
a
>> problem that it was dangerous or caused serious problems on your
>> hike?  Thanks
>> in advance.
>> <<<
>>
>> not on my hike, which wasn't a particularly dry year.  the only time i
>> remember being really thirsty and out of water was the last section
before
>> bear's den hostel.  it was a 24 mile day, so i didn't want to carry too
>> much water between sources.  all those ups and downs after rod's hollow
>> really took their toll, on a 3H day.  the spring a few miles before the
>> hostel was flowing, but i was extremely parched when i got there, dizzy,
>> joints seizing up.  i rested and drank for quite a while there.
>>
>> now, those 30 mile sections in the desert on the pct are a different
>> matter, but at least you know they're there.  the problem on the at comes
>> when you THINK there is water ahead, only to find the source dry.  never
>> happened to me in 92.  i was also an early hiker, by july i was
>> in vermont,
>> which may have made a difference.
>>
>> skeeter and i will have no problem with water (and snow) on the
>> tahoe-yosemite trail this w/e (he's doing the whole thing, i'm
>> only doing 3
>> days)...
>>
>>
>> mike
>> ke kaahawe   AT92 TYT94 PCT2000
>> mikeh@royalrobbins.com
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