Too Hot To Hike

[Panzer1]

I glad I'm not on the trail today. Its just too hot to hike.

I remember back in 2001 I was on the trail during a heat wave where is was 95 or above for 3 days. It made me feel like I was hiking for a week. It just washed me out. Even the young people i met found excuses to get off the trail.

Its supposed to be close to 100 today and tomorrow. yikes.

Panzer
ps I just measured the temperature of my black shingle roof to be 175 degrees in the full sun.

[lazy river road]

Yeah I hear that and agree, This makes me missing winter trekking. I have a small section planned in PA for next Wednesday and I am hoping the heat dies down by then.

[wcgornto]

Another reason why I am happy to be in Alaska. today's high in Anchorage - around 66 degrees F.

[Lone Wolf]

another reason to go SOBO

[Carbo]

Bumping up against 100 here also.

I find once you get soaked in sweat it isn't too bad. Frequent rests, lots of water to the point of peeing every so often, and mineral replacement works. Worst part is stopping for the night and it's still 80+ degrees with bugs biting. Joys of summer hiking!

[Rick500]

Too hot for me too. I just don't enjoy it above low 80s or so, especially if it's humid.

[WingedMonkey]

It gets too hot you people move to Florida, it snows too much you move to Florida.
Announcement: Florida is CLOSED.

[Spirit Walker]

The nice thing about the eastern mountains though - after a few days, a front usually moves through that cools things off. Plus there is usually a bit of a breeze, even on the hottest days. In the east there is shade, which helps too. You can start early, then sit under a tree or next to a stream during the hottest hours, then hike until just before dark.

[Blissful]

another reason to go SOBO

It was 90 last summer in the 100 mile wilderness in July when we hiked through. One of the hottest summers there

[emerald]

At Carl Spatz Field/Reading Regional Airport just before noon, the air temperature was 87°F and the relative humidity was 51% with a wind speed of 12 mph.

When summer arrives, it will get much hotter and more humid than what we are experiencing today.

It won't be above 90°F for more than a few hours. Hikers should adjust to the conditions and become more crepuscular when summer arrives just as other animals do.

[sbhikes]

Another freezing "summer" day in Santa Barbara. Fog has rolled in. It's 60 right now. Brr.

[Carl in FL]

It gets too hot you people move to Florida, it snows too much you move to Florida.
Announcement: Florida is CLOSED.

Wait - we got some empty houses we need to fill yet.
Up here it's like 1 in 3.

[leaftye]

It's nice here right now, but when it comes to hiking, I prefer the temperature to be in the low 40's.

[Namaste]

It's too hot to hike.....too hot to do anything outside except swim and drink icy cold beer! I'm a cold-weather hiker.

[WingedMonkey]

Wait - we got some empty houses we need to fill yet.
Up here it's like 1 in 3.

LOL, Yeah and you know where 90% of the folks that lost their houses in St Lucie came from.
Just think of it as 33% less water being wasted during what is again another South Florida drought. Plenty of green water in all those abandoned swimming pools.
It's only 87 now, gonna pack a snack and go bike 20 miles (stopping at Publix for some cold beer) before the real heat gets here. If it rains this weekend, I'm going hiking, just to see what rain looks like again.

[Panzer1]

its 98.8 here right now.

Panzer

[CowHead]

Hike at night sleep in the shade

[Egads]

It never gets hot on the AT, just ask Mountain Shuttler

[Panzer1]

My wife complained that when she opened the front door from the outside it was way to hot to hold. I measured the door knob at 125 degrees in the sun. (at 6pm)

Panzer

[camojack]

Another reason why I am happy to be in Alaska. today's high in Anchorage - around 66 degrees F.

Definitely; which is why I like going to Alaska in the Summer. I'll be back up there in a few weeks...