tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614641499256174127.post7731791855196647520..comments2024-03-14T11:24:30.641-06:00Comments on Journey to Badwater: Death in Death ValleyAlene Gone Badhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09887360033395271217noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614641499256174127.post-7027435051612001712012-08-16T09:26:24.458-06:002012-08-16T09:26:24.458-06:00Excellent points and advice, Steve. Yes, I remembe...Excellent points and advice, Steve. Yes, I remember reading on your blog about your experience running out of water and being dehydrated up there...it can happen anywhere. Most people who run in Death Valley are well-prepared but you are absolutely right about once you are heat stressed, your decision-making capabilities become diminshed, and things can spiral downward quickly. Having a buddy, and other people who know what you're doing and can keep their eyes and ears peeled, is a good safety net. Alene Gone Badhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09887360033395271217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614641499256174127.post-55348971462479333492012-08-16T09:21:52.436-06:002012-08-16T09:21:52.436-06:00I've often been put in the "too stubborn ...I've often been put in the "too stubborn to quit, too tough to die" category, but it is amazing how quickly things can go seriously wrong... and it doesn't have to be somewhere like Death Valley (in fact, people who go there probably are better prepared than most). I recently had severe dehydration and heat exhaustion in northern Minnesota because the "1 mile, at most 3 hour" bushwhack became 8 hours and I never thought I'd need 4 gallons of water to go one measly mile. In retrospect, I found a dozen mistakes I had made; when suffering in the heat, one tends to make bad decisions, which just make things worse, which leads to worse decisions, and so on. Best advice: never go it alone, because two people are less likely to mess up than one.SteveQhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16943650844671498074noreply@blogger.com