Recent content by runnynose

mt cook thanks for input !! and halfmoon those photos of nz are sooooooooo much better than mine. i checked out the rest of your sites....some great shots. you have a talent that eludes me!

just got back from non-hiking vacation to new zealand. did some easy hikes in the mt cook area and looked at old timey photos of the first folks to summit. peaked my curiousity about the mt (but not enough to buy a book on the subject).... i know it is 10k elevation. has anyone on the site...

hypothalamus on a hiking website??!!?? you misunderstand me.... temperature receptors are at the skin level sending a message to the anterior hypothalmic regulatory system which begins the shiver response. also the physiology is far more complex than your summary. for example, if you were to...

irreg hr It's true I had an irregular heart beat and have been duly repaired a time or two... that's why I was wondering about after effects of hypothermia. in response to the above, a history of hypothermia would not trigger an irregular hr at a later date. different arrhythmias are triggered...

hypothermia sorry i am tuning into this discussion late. maybe i can clear up some of the confusion/disagreement in the previous comments with what i learned while getting an AWLS certification for medical professionals (advanced wilderness life skills--a week of classwork and assessing fake...

old/forgotten hanging onto a 3 year old caffeinated GU type product in event of low energy moment. forgot what i have forgotten!!

gila http://www.nps.gov/gicl/ heres the official website.

gila cliff dwellings http://www.darkisle.com/newmexico/gila/gila.html this is one of the coolest places i have ever visited. it is hell and a handbasket to get to...20mph windy roads but the nearest town to the south is a step back in time with a really cool, reasonable, historic hotel, and...

wow!! holy cannoli!! i am both amazed and envious! a dream-hike to aspire to for sure! :) :) :)

interesting question hmmm interesting topic. i am an AMC member and have participated in a couple of AMC hikes a year for the past three years. group amc hikes can be frustratingly slow if you choose to hike garfield with a group on a sunny august day. the benefit of that experience is...

Why?? but why oh why do you want MORE SNOW?@!??!???? there must be some reason behind this madness??? care to share? :mad: :D

bad advice A note of serious warning: it is VERY easy to have Lyme disease for a long time (years) and not know it, and furthermore, it can be VERY difficult to get your doctor to acknowledge that you may have it, to test you for it, and to treat you if the test comes up negative. My sister had...

erlichia In Lyme endemic areas though, appearence of erthyma migrans or fever and very suggestive symptoms, most docs will start tx and retest in a couple of weeks to confirm. Its one of those diseases that most state Health Departments track, so testing is necessary for epidemiologic studies...

re: red bull i'll put in a vote for the "GU" products...a gelatinous sugar shot -available with and without caffeine-- in a low weight little bundle. i carry two for low energy emergency purposes. and they dont go freeze or go bad! the same two have been in my pack since last august! the taste...

lyme disease wow -- reading this thread i am shocked at the degree of misinformation out there. as the center for disease control website mentions, the lab tests are often falsely negative in the acute (fever,rash,headache) stages of the disease as it is too early to detect;however, the lab...