ragincajun
Footballguy
Ok I may be overreacting a bit, but in my mind it’s the closet I have ever come. I have a history of dehydrating easily. I was hospitalized twice in college. I had learned my lesson so I make sure to have plenty of hydro prior to any type of outside work or play. Now I am overweight and out of shape but my sons really wanted to go on a hike today. I have been in Grad school and have not been able to spend as much time as I would like to.
So today we went on a 3 mile hike with the cub scouts. The longest I have ever done was 17 miles in one day, and have been in numerous day hikes where we camped overnight and hiked out. That was in college though. This week I bought a 3L camelback to stay hydrated. So in Louisiana today it was around a 100 degrees but the “feels like” temp was 111. Yesterday was 118. I knew it was going to be rough. We hiked 1.5 miles into the woods which was shaded the entire time. The elevation change up and down was around 900’. On the way back out I knew I was struggling. So we are with about 30 folks. My Wife and 8 year old are in the middle of the group. I am with my 5 year old in the back. Before anyone asks, I made sure the boys stayed well hydrated and also played in the waterfalls to stay cool.
My Wife notices me lagging behind and says she will take the loaded down camelback for a little while and makes my youngest come to the middle of the pack with her. I tell her I will keep them in view and to just stay with the pack.
My first mistake was sitting down. I sat on the side to just catch my breath. My heart rate was also in the 180s. When I got up I felt ok and started walking up hill. About 100’ later I had to sit again. After 5 minutes I stood up and my vision started to get blurry so I sat back down. I knew I was in trouble with zero cell service. I took a 1 liter water bottle out the backpack before my Wife left and nursed it. I looked at the offline map I downloaded and it said 500 yards away from the trailhead. I would walk about 50’ and rest. It took me an hour to go 500’. I didn’t think I was getting out several times. I knew much longer they would come looking. Sure enough as I rounded the last corner my Wife and two boys were out of the car AC coming to look for me. One of the Dads saw me and said finally made it, in a very sarcastic way. I don’t think he realized though.
When I got in the car I also noticed my foot was hurting. We get home, I shower, and lay down. I get up and cannot put pressure on my foot. It’s sprained from a slip at one of the waterfalls. Wife is a PT.
Anywho here I am on the couch.
So today we went on a 3 mile hike with the cub scouts. The longest I have ever done was 17 miles in one day, and have been in numerous day hikes where we camped overnight and hiked out. That was in college though. This week I bought a 3L camelback to stay hydrated. So in Louisiana today it was around a 100 degrees but the “feels like” temp was 111. Yesterday was 118. I knew it was going to be rough. We hiked 1.5 miles into the woods which was shaded the entire time. The elevation change up and down was around 900’. On the way back out I knew I was struggling. So we are with about 30 folks. My Wife and 8 year old are in the middle of the group. I am with my 5 year old in the back. Before anyone asks, I made sure the boys stayed well hydrated and also played in the waterfalls to stay cool.
My Wife notices me lagging behind and says she will take the loaded down camelback for a little while and makes my youngest come to the middle of the pack with her. I tell her I will keep them in view and to just stay with the pack.
My first mistake was sitting down. I sat on the side to just catch my breath. My heart rate was also in the 180s. When I got up I felt ok and started walking up hill. About 100’ later I had to sit again. After 5 minutes I stood up and my vision started to get blurry so I sat back down. I knew I was in trouble with zero cell service. I took a 1 liter water bottle out the backpack before my Wife left and nursed it. I looked at the offline map I downloaded and it said 500 yards away from the trailhead. I would walk about 50’ and rest. It took me an hour to go 500’. I didn’t think I was getting out several times. I knew much longer they would come looking. Sure enough as I rounded the last corner my Wife and two boys were out of the car AC coming to look for me. One of the Dads saw me and said finally made it, in a very sarcastic way. I don’t think he realized though.
When I got in the car I also noticed my foot was hurting. We get home, I shower, and lay down. I get up and cannot put pressure on my foot. It’s sprained from a slip at one of the waterfalls. Wife is a PT.
Anywho here I am on the couch.
get control of yourself! You're not overreacting man.
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