Posted on 08/07/2015 3:07:04 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Pete didn’t pick the most appropriate thread to change subjects in...
It was a whopping 23 years ago when I went there last (April 1992) en route to California (the “L.A. Riots” trip). Hit Death Valley on the same trip, too (past the 1st week of May), and that was already past the recommended time to visit (Winter is their tourist season). I think it was pushing 100 when we walked out to Badwater Point.
This was the view down there...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badwater_Basin#/media/File:Badwater_Desolation.jpg
Beldar and Prymaat went to the Poconos.
A place like that must make a man feel small.
Dry heat is the most insidiously dangerous - especially to those not used to it and alert to everything their body is telling them. I ued to run 6 miles in 100+ temps while stationed at Altus AFB, OK, but made sure my route took me past a number of available drinking fountains/spigots and constantly monitored how I felt. We lost a couple guys who succumbed to heat exhaustion and were found in a ditch a mile from the base where they collapsed.
But congrats for making it through DV in June with no AC. I would never attempt it. Although I do want to drive through it at some future date. But not during the summer months.
The La Luz is a beast. My wife ran it a couple times, but she was more into the marathoning and triathlon thing.
But nowadays I just walk daily, after having both of my knees replaced 5 years ago. I wish I could run but it just ain't going to happen anymore.
The Missus had a hip done and the knees are bad. She should have embraced sloth like I did.
The couple went on a hike with a small kid? wtf
I was young and stupid!
“it’s usually Europeans”
“French” explains a lot..
I grew up in Texas with no a/ c, we took summer vacations in a car with no a/c . We even drove to California. On that trip I remember waiting at a filing station until midnight before we started across. Miserable when I look back on it but at the time it was just the way at was.
But then my bro, who lives in Waco, calls me up during the winter months and gloats about the warm weather while I'm shivering in below zero weather in Wisconsin. Then I don't feel so sorry for the residents.
LOL! Yes, Texas has beautiful weather, just not in the summer but don’t tell anyone. People will start pouring in here.
My sis in law has the best of both worlds. She has a house in Montana where she lives from June to October and a house in Houston where she lives the rest of the year.
The same applies to other major illnesses, like heart disease, cancer or high cholesterol. If it runs in your family, it's already in your genes. Not much you can do to prevent those problems except maybe to prolong their onset.
I ran my whole life, didn't drink alcohol and didn't smoke, but I still got heart disease because both my folks had it and so do my siblings. My wife is only 102 lbs and eats moderately but has high cholesterol because her whole family has high cholesterol. But neither one of our families has a history of cancer. So we will probably escape that malady.
So you gotta dance with whom you brought to the party. You can't go back and unborn yourself from your parents and their genetic make-up.
I spent two summers in NM in my teens. Sunburned my eyes once, very painful. The heat is deceptive for easterners. No idea just how hot it is until you step onto pavement barefoot or go to start the car and blister your fingers on the ignition.
Sunburned eyes sounds awful, I hope you had no permanent damage.
Cars parked in the sun do get hot. I almost burned my fingers on the steering wheel yesterday.
Every week or so someone leaves a child or a dog in their car and usually they do not survive. How you can forget your baby or your pup is beyond me.
No permanent damage that I’m aware, vision is fine. Eyes got extremely bloodshot, dry and gritty feeling. Extreme light sensitivity, spent three days in bed with the shades drawn and a cool, damp washcloth over my eyes. Wouldn’t want to experience it again.
I have had several bad sunburns ( before sunscreen) but never the eyes. I did get fascinated with a partial eclipse one time, but no permanent damage.
I remember drinking lots and lots of water while staying in a desert environment as a tourist (no strenuous physical activity at all), and I remember thinking that I had better keep an eye out for bathrooms while sightseeing, or that I would be up in the middle of night having to use the bathroom. No such thing happened. My body must have absorbed every bit of the water I drank.
RIP, French tourists. They must have been overcome with heat exhaustion.
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