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Salt tablets?
wrote in message ... Vic suggested using salt tablets for extreme sweating and I have to admit I have never used salt tablets and dont use much salt on my food either. I cannot seem to convince my doc that the sweating is a serious problem; he simply says to drink a lot of water. However, it has come close to killing me twice while caving so I can no longer do any real caving. Caves are a near 100% humidity enviro and around here are roughly 74 degrees so I sweat enough to have my coveralls saturated very quickly. The last couple times I went, I got loopy and got lost and simply didnt care. When boating, I can carry a lot of water so I always have a liter in hand. I never drink sodas and am not into sports drinks either. This issue makes me not want to go boating by myself so I am looking for a solution. Sweating is your bodies way to get cool so isnt suppressing sweating a bad thing? One can normally cool off during boating too by jumping in the water but when working on the boat in the heat, I just dont want to take the time to do that until suddenly I realize, uh oh, am doing stupid things............... So, salt tabs or not? What a difference up here in our climate. Most times I'll leave the house around 1030..drive to launch site..boat for a few hours and drive home by 1630 or so..without one drop of water or anything else. Doesn't bother me a bit...in fact it keeps the bathroom breaks down on a small open aluminum boat. ;-) |
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Salt tablets?
On Sep 30, 12:15*am, "Don White" wrote:
wrote in message ... Vic suggested using salt tablets for extreme sweating and I have to admit I have never used salt tablets and dont use much salt on my food either. *I cannot seem to convince my doc that the sweating is a serious problem; he simply says to drink a lot of water. *However, it has come close to killing me twice while caving so I can no longer do any real caving. *Caves are a near 100% humidity enviro and around here are roughly 74 degrees so I sweat enough to have my coveralls saturated very quickly. *The last couple times I went, I got loopy and got lost and simply didnt care. When boating, I can carry a lot of water so I always have a liter in hand. *I never drink sodas and am not into sports drinks either. *This issue makes me not want to go boating by myself so I am looking for a solution. *Sweating is your bodies way to get cool so isnt suppressing sweating a bad thing? *One can normally cool off during boating too by jumping in the water but when working on the boat in the heat, I just dont want to take the time to do that until suddenly I realize, uh oh, am doing stupid things............... So, salt tabs or not? What a difference up here in our climate. Most times I'll leave the house around 1030..drive to launch site..boat for a few hours and drive home by 1630 or so..without one drop of water or anything else. Doesn't bother me a bit...in fact it keeps the bathroom breaks down on a small open aluminum boat. ;-)- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - A human is always sweating, using up body water. |
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Salt tablets?
On Sep 30, 10:11 am, wrote:
On Sep 30, 12:15 am, "Don White" wrote: wrote in message ... Vic suggested using salt tablets for extreme sweating and I have to admit I have never used salt tablets and dont use much salt on my food either. I cannot seem to convince my doc that the sweating is a serious problem; he simply says to drink a lot of water. However, it has come close to killing me twice while caving so I can no longer do any real caving. Caves are a near 100% humidity enviro and around here are roughly 74 degrees so I sweat enough to have my coveralls saturated very quickly. The last couple times I went, I got loopy and got lost and simply didnt care. When boating, I can carry a lot of water so I always have a liter in hand. I never drink sodas and am not into sports drinks either. This issue makes me not want to go boating by myself so I am looking for a solution. Sweating is your bodies way to get cool so isnt suppressing sweating a bad thing? One can normally cool off during boating too by jumping in the water but when working on the boat in the heat, I just dont want to take the time to do that until suddenly I realize, uh oh, am doing stupid things............... So, salt tabs or not? What a difference up here in our climate. Most times I'll leave the house around 1030..drive to launch site..boat for a few hours and drive home by 1630 or so..without one drop of water or anything else. Doesn't bother me a bit...in fact it keeps the bathroom breaks down on a small open aluminum boat. ;-)- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - A human is always sweating, using up body water. Been caving all over, Wyoming in high altitude caves with permanent ice. Belize with Mayan ruins in the caves, deep Mexican pits (El Sotano Golundrinas, climbing 1000' on Prusik knots, too old for that now), Venezuela on the sides of Roraima, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia caves. I used to do caving near Boaz. Will be going to the TAG Fall Cave In on Lookout Mt in two weeks. N. FL caves are roughly 73 degrees, Mid Fl caves are 74. N. Alabama caves are roughly 68. The major diff is the amount of very tight crawling in Fl and S. Georgia caves. Most Alabama caves have large passages while passages here are often so small you have to remove your helmet and push with your toes, almost like trying to swim through rock which is why I sweat so much there. My kids think caving is the most awesome thing possible and my 12 yr old has done nothing but talk about the Fall Cave Inn for a month. Will probably do Tumbling Rock cave and Guffeys Cave there, both easy ones for me. Tumbling Rock has a 250' mountain in a huge room near the back called Mt Olympus topped with an enormous red stalagmite 30' tall called "The Pillar of Fire". Get me started and I'll talk caving all day. |
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Salt tablets?
On Sep 30, 10:35*am, wrote:
On Sep 30, 10:11 am, wrote: On Sep 30, 12:15 am, "Don White" wrote: wrote in message .... Vic suggested using salt tablets for extreme sweating and I have to admit I have never used salt tablets and dont use much salt on my food either. *I cannot seem to convince my doc that the sweating is a serious problem; he simply says to drink a lot of water. *However, it has come close to killing me twice while caving so I can no longer do any real caving. *Caves are a near 100% humidity enviro and around here are roughly 74 degrees so I sweat enough to have my coveralls saturated very quickly. *The last couple times I went, I got loopy and got lost and simply didnt care. When boating, I can carry a lot of water so I always have a liter in hand. *I never drink sodas and am not into sports drinks either. *This issue makes me not want to go boating by myself so I am looking for a solution. *Sweating is your bodies way to get cool so isnt suppressing sweating a bad thing? *One can normally cool off during boating too by jumping in the water but when working on the boat in the heat, I just dont want to take the time to do that until suddenly I realize, uh oh, am doing stupid things............... So, salt tabs or not? What a difference up here in our climate. Most times I'll leave the house around 1030..drive to launch site..boat for a few hours and drive home by 1630 or so..without one drop of water or anything else. Doesn't bother me a bit...in fact it keeps the bathroom breaks down on a small open aluminum boat. ;-)- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - A human is always sweating, using up body water. Been caving all over, Wyoming in high altitude caves with permanent ice. *Belize with Mayan ruins in the caves, deep Mexican pits (El Sotano Golundrinas, climbing 1000' on Prusik knots, too old for that now), Venezuela on the sides of Roraima, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia caves. *I used to do caving near Boaz. *Will be going to the TAG Fall Cave In on Lookout Mt in two weeks. *N. FL caves are roughly 73 degrees, Mid Fl caves are 74. *N. Alabama caves are roughly 68. *The major diff is the amount of very tight crawling in Fl and S. Georgia caves. *Most Alabama caves have large passages while passages here are often so small you have to remove your helmet and push with your toes, almost like trying to swim through rock which is why I sweat so much there. *My kids think caving is the most awesome thing possible and my 12 yr old has done nothing but talk about the Fall Cave Inn for a month. *Will probably do Tumbling Rock cave and Guffeys Cave there, both easy ones for me. *Tumbling Rock has a 250' mountain in a huge room near the back called Mt Olympus topped with an enormous red stalagmite 30' tall called "The Pillar of Fire". *Get me started and I'll talk caving all day.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - There's some caves out in some fields near Brooksville, FL. My wife's uncle lives on Lookout Mountain, too, nice place. I really like the Chattanooga area. |
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Salt tablets?
On Sep 30, 10:35*am, wrote:
On Sep 30, 10:11 am, wrote: On Sep 30, 12:15 am, "Don White" wrote: wrote in message .... Vic suggested using salt tablets for extreme sweating and I have to admit I have never used salt tablets and dont use much salt on my food either. *I cannot seem to convince my doc that the sweating is a serious problem; he simply says to drink a lot of water. *However, it has come close to killing me twice while caving so I can no longer do any real caving. *Caves are a near 100% humidity enviro and around here are roughly 74 degrees so I sweat enough to have my coveralls saturated very quickly. *The last couple times I went, I got loopy and got lost and simply didnt care. When boating, I can carry a lot of water so I always have a liter in hand. *I never drink sodas and am not into sports drinks either. *This issue makes me not want to go boating by myself so I am looking for a solution. *Sweating is your bodies way to get cool so isnt suppressing sweating a bad thing? *One can normally cool off during boating too by jumping in the water but when working on the boat in the heat, I just dont want to take the time to do that until suddenly I realize, uh oh, am doing stupid things............... So, salt tabs or not? What a difference up here in our climate. Most times I'll leave the house around 1030..drive to launch site..boat for a few hours and drive home by 1630 or so..without one drop of water or anything else. Doesn't bother me a bit...in fact it keeps the bathroom breaks down on a small open aluminum boat. ;-)- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - A human is always sweating, using up body water. Been caving all over, Wyoming in high altitude caves with permanent ice. *Belize with Mayan ruins in the caves, deep Mexican pits (El Sotano Golundrinas, climbing 1000' on Prusik knots, too old for that now), Venezuela on the sides of Roraima, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia caves. *I used to do caving near Boaz. *Will be going to the TAG Fall Cave In on Lookout Mt in two weeks. *N. FL caves are roughly 73 degrees, Mid Fl caves are 74. *N. Alabama caves are roughly 68. *The major diff is the amount of very tight crawling in Fl and S. Georgia caves. *Most Alabama caves have large passages while passages here are often so small you have to remove your helmet and push with your toes, almost like trying to swim through rock which is why I sweat so much there. *My kids think caving is the most awesome thing possible and my 12 yr old has done nothing but talk about the Fall Cave Inn for a month. *Will probably do Tumbling Rock cave and Guffeys Cave there, both easy ones for me. *Tumbling Rock has a 250' mountain in a huge room near the back called Mt Olympus topped with an enormous red stalagmite 30' tall called "The Pillar of Fire". *Get me started and I'll talk caving all day.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Does sound like you have an issue with the sweating. Admittedly it's a bit personal but what's your weight? |
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Salt tablets?
On Sep 30, 12:21 pm, wrote:
On Sep 30, 10:35 am, wrote: On Sep 30, 10:11 am, wrote: On Sep 30, 12:15 am, "Don White" wrote: wrote in message ... Vic suggested using salt tablets for extreme sweating and I have to admit I have never used salt tablets and dont use much salt on my food either. I cannot seem to convince my doc that the sweating is a serious problem; he simply says to drink a lot of water. However, it has come close to killing me twice while caving so I can no longer do any real caving. Caves are a near 100% humidity enviro and around here are roughly 74 degrees so I sweat enough to have my coveralls saturated very quickly. The last couple times I went, I got loopy and got lost and simply didnt care. When boating, I can carry a lot of water so I always have a liter in hand. I never drink sodas and am not into sports drinks either. This issue makes me not want to go boating by myself so I am looking for a solution. Sweating is your bodies way to get cool so isnt suppressing sweating a bad thing? One can normally cool off during boating too by jumping in the water but when working on the boat in the heat, I just dont want to take the time to do that until suddenly I realize, uh oh, am doing stupid things............... So, salt tabs or not? What a difference up here in our climate. Most times I'll leave the house around 1030..drive to launch site..boat for a few hours and drive home by 1630 or so..without one drop of water or anything else. Doesn't bother me a bit...in fact it keeps the bathroom breaks down on a small open aluminum boat. ;-)- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - A human is always sweating, using up body water. Been caving all over, Wyoming in high altitude caves with permanent ice. Belize with Mayan ruins in the caves, deep Mexican pits (El Sotano Golundrinas, climbing 1000' on Prusik knots, too old for that now), Venezuela on the sides of Roraima, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia caves. I used to do caving near Boaz. Will be going to the TAG Fall Cave In on Lookout Mt in two weeks. N. FL caves are roughly 73 degrees, Mid Fl caves are 74. N. Alabama caves are roughly 68. The major diff is the amount of very tight crawling in Fl and S. Georgia caves. Most Alabama caves have large passages while passages here are often so small you have to remove your helmet and push with your toes, almost like trying to swim through rock which is why I sweat so much there. My kids think caving is the most awesome thing possible and my 12 yr old has done nothing but talk about the Fall Cave Inn for a month. Will probably do Tumbling Rock cave and Guffeys Cave there, both easy ones for me. Tumbling Rock has a 250' mountain in a huge room near the back called Mt Olympus topped with an enormous red stalagmite 30' tall called "The Pillar of Fire". Get me started and I'll talk caving all day.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Does sound like you have an issue with the sweating. Admittedly it's a bit personal but what's your weight? 6' 1" and 187 lbs so not as thin as I used to be. The sweating is a side effect of medicine. Recently found caves near Brooksville are very pretty. Deepest pit in USA is adjacent to Lookout Mt, 587' Fantastic Pit, a free rappel but is deep in the cave. |
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Salt tablets?
On Sep 30, 1:00*pm, wrote:
On Sep 30, 12:21 pm, wrote: On Sep 30, 10:35 am, wrote: On Sep 30, 10:11 am, wrote: On Sep 30, 12:15 am, "Don White" wrote: wrote in message ... Vic suggested using salt tablets for extreme sweating and I have to admit I have never used salt tablets and dont use much salt on my food either. *I cannot seem to convince my doc that the sweating is a serious problem; he simply says to drink a lot of water. *However, it has come close to killing me twice while caving so I can no longer do any real caving. *Caves are a near 100% humidity enviro and around here are roughly 74 degrees so I sweat enough to have my coveralls saturated very quickly. *The last couple times I went, I got loopy and got lost and simply didnt care. When boating, I can carry a lot of water so I always have a liter in hand. *I never drink sodas and am not into sports drinks either. *This issue makes me not want to go boating by myself so I am looking for a solution. *Sweating is your bodies way to get cool so isnt suppressing sweating a bad thing? *One can normally cool off during boating too by jumping in the water but when working on the boat in the heat, I just dont want to take the time to do that until suddenly I realize, uh oh, am doing stupid things............... So, salt tabs or not? What a difference up here in our climate. Most times I'll leave the house around 1030..drive to launch site...boat for a few hours and drive home by 1630 or so..without one drop of water or anything else. Doesn't bother me a bit...in fact it keeps the bathroom breaks down on a small open aluminum boat. ;-)- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - A human is always sweating, using up body water. Been caving all over, Wyoming in high altitude caves with permanent ice. *Belize with Mayan ruins in the caves, deep Mexican pits (El Sotano Golundrinas, climbing 1000' on Prusik knots, too old for that now), Venezuela on the sides of Roraima, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia caves. *I used to do caving near Boaz. *Will be going to the TAG Fall Cave In on Lookout Mt in two weeks. *N. FL caves are roughly 73 degrees, Mid Fl caves are 74. *N. Alabama caves are roughly 68. *The major diff is the amount of very tight crawling in Fl and S. Georgia caves. *Most Alabama caves have large passages while passages here are often so small you have to remove your helmet and push with your toes, almost like trying to swim through rock which is why I sweat so much there. *My kids think caving is the most awesome thing possible and my 12 yr old has done nothing but talk about the Fall Cave Inn for a month. *Will probably do Tumbling Rock cave and Guffeys Cave there, both easy ones for me. *Tumbling Rock has a 250' mountain in a huge room near the back called Mt Olympus topped with an enormous red stalagmite 30' tall called "The Pillar of Fire". *Get me started and I'll talk caving all day.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Does sound like you have an issue with the sweating. *Admittedly it's a bit personal but what's your weight? 6' 1" and 187 lbs so not as thin as I used to be. *The sweating is a side effect of medicine. *Recently found caves near Brooksville are very pretty. *Deepest pit in USA is adjacent to Lookout Mt, 587' Fantastic Pit, a free rappel but is deep in the cave.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I know the caves where we went near Brooksville were off in a fielded/ wooded area, hardly anybody went there. |
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On Sep 30, 1:10 pm, wrote:
On Sep 30, 1:00 pm, wrote: On Sep 30, 12:21 pm, wrote: On Sep 30, 10:35 am, wrote: On Sep 30, 10:11 am, wrote: On Sep 30, 12:15 am, "Don White" wrote: wrote in message ... Vic suggested using salt tablets for extreme sweating and I have to admit I have never used salt tablets and dont use much salt on my food either. I cannot seem to convince my doc that the sweating is a serious problem; he simply says to drink a lot of water. However, it has come close to killing me twice while caving so I can no longer do any real caving. Caves are a near 100% humidity enviro and around here are roughly 74 degrees so I sweat enough to have my coveralls saturated very quickly. The last couple times I went, I got loopy and got lost and simply didnt care. When boating, I can carry a lot of water so I always have a liter in hand. I never drink sodas and am not into sports drinks either. This issue makes me not want to go boating by myself so I am looking for a solution. Sweating is your bodies way to get cool so isnt suppressing sweating a bad thing? One can normally cool off during boating too by jumping in the water but when working on the boat in the heat, I just dont want to take the time to do that until suddenly I realize, uh oh, am doing stupid things............... So, salt tabs or not? What a difference up here in our climate. Most times I'll leave the house around 1030..drive to launch site..boat for a few hours and drive home by 1630 or so..without one drop of water or anything else. Doesn't bother me a bit...in fact it keeps the bathroom breaks down on a small open aluminum boat. ;-)- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - A human is always sweating, using up body water. Been caving all over, Wyoming in high altitude caves with permanent ice. Belize with Mayan ruins in the caves, deep Mexican pits (El Sotano Golundrinas, climbing 1000' on Prusik knots, too old for that now), Venezuela on the sides of Roraima, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia caves. I used to do caving near Boaz. Will be going to the TAG Fall Cave In on Lookout Mt in two weeks. N. FL caves are roughly 73 degrees, Mid Fl caves are 74. N. Alabama caves are roughly 68. The major diff is the amount of very tight crawling in Fl and S. Georgia caves. Most Alabama caves have large passages while passages here are often so small you have to remove your helmet and push with your toes, almost like trying to swim through rock which is why I sweat so much there. My kids think caving is the most awesome thing possible and my 12 yr old has done nothing but talk about the Fall Cave Inn for a month. Will probably do Tumbling Rock cave and Guffeys Cave there, both easy ones for me. Tumbling Rock has a 250' mountain in a huge room near the back called Mt Olympus topped with an enormous red stalagmite 30' tall called "The Pillar of Fire". Get me started and I'll talk caving all day.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Does sound like you have an issue with the sweating. Admittedly it's a bit personal but what's your weight? 6' 1" and 187 lbs so not as thin as I used to be. The sweating is a side effect of medicine. Recently found caves near Brooksville are very pretty. Deepest pit in USA is adjacent to Lookout Mt, 587' Fantastic Pit, a free rappel but is deep in the cave.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I know the caves where we went near Brooksville were off in a fielded/ wooded area, hardly anybody went there. I used to want to combine caving and boating by sailing to Belize or to that river with the lake with Limestone walls in Guatemala where cruisers go. There are even good caves in the Bahamas. I have not managed to do this yet. The closest I have gotten is to combine canoeing and caving around here. |
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On Sep 30, 1:00*pm, wrote:
On Sep 30, 12:21 pm, wrote: On Sep 30, 10:35 am, wrote: On Sep 30, 10:11 am, wrote: On Sep 30, 12:15 am, "Don White" wrote: wrote in message ... Vic suggested using salt tablets for extreme sweating and I have to admit I have never used salt tablets and dont use much salt on my food either. *I cannot seem to convince my doc that the sweating is a serious problem; he simply says to drink a lot of water. *However, it has come close to killing me twice while caving so I can no longer do any real caving. *Caves are a near 100% humidity enviro and around here are roughly 74 degrees so I sweat enough to have my coveralls saturated very quickly. *The last couple times I went, I got loopy and got lost and simply didnt care. When boating, I can carry a lot of water so I always have a liter in hand. *I never drink sodas and am not into sports drinks either. *This issue makes me not want to go boating by myself so I am looking for a solution. *Sweating is your bodies way to get cool so isnt suppressing sweating a bad thing? *One can normally cool off during boating too by jumping in the water but when working on the boat in the heat, I just dont want to take the time to do that until suddenly I realize, uh oh, am doing stupid things............... So, salt tabs or not? What a difference up here in our climate. Most times I'll leave the house around 1030..drive to launch site...boat for a few hours and drive home by 1630 or so..without one drop of water or anything else. Doesn't bother me a bit...in fact it keeps the bathroom breaks down on a small open aluminum boat. ;-)- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - A human is always sweating, using up body water. Been caving all over, Wyoming in high altitude caves with permanent ice. *Belize with Mayan ruins in the caves, deep Mexican pits (El Sotano Golundrinas, climbing 1000' on Prusik knots, too old for that now), Venezuela on the sides of Roraima, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia caves. *I used to do caving near Boaz. *Will be going to the TAG Fall Cave In on Lookout Mt in two weeks. *N. FL caves are roughly 73 degrees, Mid Fl caves are 74. *N. Alabama caves are roughly 68. *The major diff is the amount of very tight crawling in Fl and S. Georgia caves. *Most Alabama caves have large passages while passages here are often so small you have to remove your helmet and push with your toes, almost like trying to swim through rock which is why I sweat so much there. *My kids think caving is the most awesome thing possible and my 12 yr old has done nothing but talk about the Fall Cave Inn for a month. *Will probably do Tumbling Rock cave and Guffeys Cave there, both easy ones for me. *Tumbling Rock has a 250' mountain in a huge room near the back called Mt Olympus topped with an enormous red stalagmite 30' tall called "The Pillar of Fire". *Get me started and I'll talk caving all day.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Does sound like you have an issue with the sweating. *Admittedly it's a bit personal but what's your weight? 6' 1" and 187 lbs so not as thin as I used to be. *The sweating is a side effect of medicine. *Recently found caves near Brooksville are very pretty. *Deepest pit in USA is adjacent to Lookout Mt, 587' Fantastic Pit, a free rappel but is deep in the cave.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - OK, this is the first time you've mentioned it. What meds? |
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