vomiting water on a mtn top... unpleasant and unsettling experience
This past Friday (July 25, 2014) I climbed Mount Osceola (a 4,300 foot mountain in the Whites of NH). It took me 3hrs 20 minutes to the summit over pretty rough trail. Skies and smoke from distant wildfires limited the view. I carried two full one liter bottles of water with me, camera, fleece jacket, and lunch which consisted of pb and j, and a sandwich of bulky roll, margin, mayo, turkey slice, provolone cheese and two flat sweet pickles.
I was tired so I rested on the rocks for a bit then proceeded to eat my sandwich (kept pb and j for later). Several times in quick succession I vomited the water I had drank. It was safe water.. brought from home. 4 backpackers who witnessed this were very supportive and helpful and even gave me the better part of 2/3 liter of water for my two hour trip down to my car.
The reason I am writing this is I am concerned about what happened. Can vomiting water come from drinking too fast? or too much too soon? I only carried two liters so at best I drank a liter (quart) on the summit. Another hiker gave me a banana which seemed to help. After a few minutes the nausea feeling went away and I was ok and now (the next day) I am totally fine.
Has something like this ever happened to you where you feel nauseus and throw up water you recently drank?
The air was quite dry (dew points in low 50's) and my lips would get bone dry to point of soreness if I didn't drink with regularity.
Anything I might do to prevent incidents like this in future?
thoughts and advice appreciated.
One girl said that " It must be the pickles. Pickles will do it every time." She might have been cracking a joke, not sure.
David
vomiting water on a mtn top... unpleasant and unsettling experience
"I thought a camelback would do the same, but I hate the extra effort required to drink out of my "ghetto back" (Cabela's version lol). Maybe I'm just ridiculously lazy? But it feels like I'm trying to drink an extra thick milkshake through an anorexic straw."
Likeapuma,
I used to feel the same way with my first camelback (or whatever equivalent it was that came with a daypack I got as a gift.). Many years later I to decided to try cutting off the bite valve and replacing it with a camelback one. (The kind with a "locking" switch. It worked like a charm, and now I much prefer a hydration pack to a bottle. So, I wonder if you also may have a faulty bite valve?