In my experience the first organ affected by dehydration is the brain. Leading to over simplified decision making such as not bothering to stop for water. And even being aware of this I still don't stop for water...
Exactly! The more I need water, the less likely I am to actually consume it. My best chance of success is if I set multiple alarms on my watch to go off roughly every 2 hours and make those my non-negotiable break times where I have to sit down, eat a snack, and drink water for at least five minutes, regardless of whether my brain thinks I need it or not!
Ugh, being thirsty sucks. Great job on the milage, though!
Do you think the pumps needed to be primed?
Your story reminded me of one by Norman Maclean (of A River Runs Through It and Young Men and Fire). A teenager makes a bet about running a long distance into town. The wisdom of the day was that drinking water makes you "logey," so he arrives in town dehydrated, drinks 2 or 3 ice cream sodas, and faints.
I'm not sure if the pumps needed to be primed, but I wouldn't have had a clue how to do that if they did! It's been 2.5 years since that hike and I still get a little nervous around water pumps because in the back of my mind I still think that the issue that day was just user error!
In my experience the first organ affected by dehydration is the brain. Leading to over simplified decision making such as not bothering to stop for water. And even being aware of this I still don't stop for water...
Exactly! The more I need water, the less likely I am to actually consume it. My best chance of success is if I set multiple alarms on my watch to go off roughly every 2 hours and make those my non-negotiable break times where I have to sit down, eat a snack, and drink water for at least five minutes, regardless of whether my brain thinks I need it or not!
Ugh, being thirsty sucks. Great job on the milage, though!
Do you think the pumps needed to be primed?
Your story reminded me of one by Norman Maclean (of A River Runs Through It and Young Men and Fire). A teenager makes a bet about running a long distance into town. The wisdom of the day was that drinking water makes you "logey," so he arrives in town dehydrated, drinks 2 or 3 ice cream sodas, and faints.
I'm not sure if the pumps needed to be primed, but I wouldn't have had a clue how to do that if they did! It's been 2.5 years since that hike and I still get a little nervous around water pumps because in the back of my mind I still think that the issue that day was just user error!