how much you sweat?

[bluffhead]

so this is aimed towards thru hikers, how much do you ussually sweat when you hike non stop all day, im curious beacause i usually sweat all over and exessivly and i relized i get heat rash around my waist, im just curious if i can compare the amount of sweating as to standin in one spot in 130 degrees for 4 hours and my cloths are soaked all the way through. this could be a bad comparisan, but on average how much do you,one sweat.? on a hot summer day.

[Reid]

I'm not sure what this matters to your post but when you get use to it being hot all the time you'll feel the slightest breeze. Just make sure you wipe that sweat off your face as often as you can.

[Manwich]

Buckets...

[Jim Adams]

my clothes drip!

geek

[CrumbSnatcher]

my clothes drip!

geek

sweating from whiskey! or in a hurry to get more whiskey?

[Jim Adams]

sweating from whiskey! or in a hurry to get more whiskey?

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

geek

[CrumbSnatcher]

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

geek

i wouldn't give you so much crap, if you wern't one of the best dudes i ever met on THE trail! HEADING TO MAINE IN 3 WEEKS WANT TO GO?

[Jim Adams]

i wouldn't give you so much crap, if you wern't one of the best dudes i ever met on THE trail! HEADING TO MAINE IN 3 WEEKS WANT TO GO?

Crumb,
Thanks for the invite...I would give almost anything to go...haven't seen ya for awhile but my schedule is pretty set. I'm going to Canada canoeing in September and can't take any more time off at the moment. YES I WANT TO...sorry, I can't. Don't ever stop asking though...everyones future is only as far as the next blind corner!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for thinking about me.

geek

[Cannibal]

You will sweat A LOT!
I'm a heavy sweater too and once summer rolled around I could take off my shirt and wring-out about half a liter of sweat after only a couple hours hiking. It's like everything else you'll encounter on your hike; grin and bear it.

[Egads]

I love hiking out west because the sweat actually evaporates.

[ShelterLeopard]

I sweat a lot. A LOT. Makes me soooo dehydrated.

[CowHead]

If i could recycle my sweat I never run out of water...need one of those desert suits from Dune

[spencerb]

The key thing with sweating a lot is making sure you have comfy dry clothes to change into at the end of the day.

[Dogwood]

What did you say? Sorry, couldn't read your post. Too much burning sweat in my eyes.

[ShelterLeopard]

If i could recycle my sweat I never run out of water...need one of those desert suits from Dune

That's EXACTLY what I was thinking yesterday! I can't believe you said that. I need a stillsuit too.

[rainmaker]

Likie a hawg!!!

[Nearly Normal]

Likie a hawg!!!

Hawgs don't have sweat glands.

[CowHead]

The key thing with sweating a lot is making sure you have comfy dry clothes to change into at the end of the day.

I agree take off those sweaty clothes hang them to dry and get into my camp ware

[Pedaling Fool]

so this is aimed towards thru hikers, how much do you ussually sweat when you hike non stop all day, im curious beacause i usually sweat all over and exessivly and i relized i get heat rash around my waist, im just curious if i can compare the amount of sweating as to standin in one spot in 130 degrees for 4 hours and my cloths are soaked all the way through. this could be a bad comparisan, but on average how much do you,one sweat.? on a hot summer day.

Depends on when and where you hike. I sweated very bad around the mid-Atlantic states in the summer, despite being in the shade. In 2006 I got a really bad rash around my mid-section because of my hip belt. It's important to change into dry, clean(relatively) clothes in the evening and wash out the salt from your clothes....And before I get jumped on, don't wash them in the water source, bring the water to the clothes.

[Nean]

I try to sweat as little as possible by slowing down up a hill if need be or removing my hat- maybe a quick dip in the heat of the day. Once I am in trail shape I sweat little from the effort and stay aware of overheating. Requires less water I have to carry.