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Breanna
I haven't been camping in a long time.. and the last time I went it was spring or winter. But its summer now and my boyfriend wants me to go with him. I know to take water and drink lots of it but does anybody have any ideas on how to keep cool? And ill be in the desert. Do you think it'll be okay to wear shorts?
Answer
Shorts can be OK if your skin is happy with them but long loose pants will keep the Sun off better. They don't get too hot if you get them with wide loose flappy legs.
Wear loose tops with plenty of ventilation.
Arabians don't wear shorts or skin-fit pants in the desert.
They wear loose fitting stuff. They've been there a long time.
If the material is light still use the sunblock under it. Sun can burn you right through thin cotton pants and tops , even loose ones but loose is a lot better than tight. See the link below.
Otherwise wear a sarong like the Indians and Malaysians do. They suit long loose tops a treat.
OK for the boys too. Men in Malaysia wear them with bright shirts or with western style jackets. I lived there a few years.
They are very comfortable to wear.
It's just a tube of light material you can wrap around you in one or two layers, roll it over at the top for a built-in band and tuck one end in under itself like a bath towel gets fitted..
Get it right you can run it it all day. Not in the desert without training though.
A friend just came back from South Africa where he ran a full 26 mile marathon in 40C heat.
He's 68. No problems. Used to it
Keep exercise slow enough to avoid overheating. Pace yourself for the conditions.
In the hottest part of the day, rest up in shade. Take some shade if you don't have natural shade. A washing line and a piece of cloth. Rig it up so you can rest under it in shade and keep whatever breeze there is flowing around you. Tents get too hot.
Morning and evening are activity time. Midday and early to mid afternoon are siesta time
Change it as you can to suit best what you plan to do on the trip but always err on the side of safety.
Get a wide brimmed hat, some good sunglasses and Piz Buin or similar Factor 50 sunblock.
That Piz Buin is used by mountaineers and skiers where UV is a big problem on bright sunny days high up.
Good in desert too. I used it in the Atacama and I always have some when I go the mountains.
Get it from sports and outdoor shops or online.
Great place, the Atacama. Driest desert in the world, but you can still live.
You need plenty to drink. Freezer blocks can last a while in an insulated bag or make a bag or box from polystyrene foam and newspaper. Large Thermos flasks are OK for a while as well. Gives you a start anyway.
Fill it with water leaving plenty of room for ice expansion, screw it up tight and put the whole lot in the freezer the day before you go.
Wrap it in newspaper, then a plastic bag, and pack stuff round it.That's cool water for tomorrow if the flask is big enough to last. The bigger they are the longer they take to warm up.
You can get coolers that work by evaporation but they use up water. OK if there's a creek handy.
Otherwise just keep the water containers in shade as much as you can.
Eat well, no junk. You need to stay healthy.
Have a great time.
Fun in the Sun..walkies.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100704125838AAOUFkW . . . .
Shorts can be OK if your skin is happy with them but long loose pants will keep the Sun off better. They don't get too hot if you get them with wide loose flappy legs.
Wear loose tops with plenty of ventilation.
Arabians don't wear shorts or skin-fit pants in the desert.
They wear loose fitting stuff. They've been there a long time.
If the material is light still use the sunblock under it. Sun can burn you right through thin cotton pants and tops , even loose ones but loose is a lot better than tight. See the link below.
Otherwise wear a sarong like the Indians and Malaysians do. They suit long loose tops a treat.
OK for the boys too. Men in Malaysia wear them with bright shirts or with western style jackets. I lived there a few years.
They are very comfortable to wear.
It's just a tube of light material you can wrap around you in one or two layers, roll it over at the top for a built-in band and tuck one end in under itself like a bath towel gets fitted..
Get it right you can run it it all day. Not in the desert without training though.
A friend just came back from South Africa where he ran a full 26 mile marathon in 40C heat.
He's 68. No problems. Used to it
Keep exercise slow enough to avoid overheating. Pace yourself for the conditions.
In the hottest part of the day, rest up in shade. Take some shade if you don't have natural shade. A washing line and a piece of cloth. Rig it up so you can rest under it in shade and keep whatever breeze there is flowing around you. Tents get too hot.
Morning and evening are activity time. Midday and early to mid afternoon are siesta time
Change it as you can to suit best what you plan to do on the trip but always err on the side of safety.
Get a wide brimmed hat, some good sunglasses and Piz Buin or similar Factor 50 sunblock.
That Piz Buin is used by mountaineers and skiers where UV is a big problem on bright sunny days high up.
Good in desert too. I used it in the Atacama and I always have some when I go the mountains.
Get it from sports and outdoor shops or online.
Great place, the Atacama. Driest desert in the world, but you can still live.
You need plenty to drink. Freezer blocks can last a while in an insulated bag or make a bag or box from polystyrene foam and newspaper. Large Thermos flasks are OK for a while as well. Gives you a start anyway.
Fill it with water leaving plenty of room for ice expansion, screw it up tight and put the whole lot in the freezer the day before you go.
Wrap it in newspaper, then a plastic bag, and pack stuff round it.That's cool water for tomorrow if the flask is big enough to last. The bigger they are the longer they take to warm up.
You can get coolers that work by evaporation but they use up water. OK if there's a creek handy.
Otherwise just keep the water containers in shade as much as you can.
Eat well, no junk. You need to stay healthy.
Have a great time.
Fun in the Sun..walkies.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100704125838AAOUFkW . . . .
What kind of supplies would you need for a hot air balloon trip?
Millie
I'm doing a report and I need to know what kind of supplies should you take or need for a hot air balloon trip.
Just some ideas :)
Answer
You need warm clothing. It gets cold upstairs in the sky.
You need food. Nutritious food that isn't too heavy or bulky. And enough water for tea or coffee and for cooking. Packet soups and dehydrated meals are common rations for long balloon flights.
You need first aid equipment and some basic survival gear like a sleeping bag, a lightweight tent, camp stove or a means of making a fire ...but you will have a lighter for the gas burners on the balloon and hopefully some gas left for cooking with .....in case you come down in a remote place which sometimes can't be avoided.
You need parachutes in case of failure of the balloon fabric or of the gas burners because then you can just drop out of the sky very fast. Some balloon baskets have parachutes fitted but it's sometimes best to wear one and jump out in the less sophisticated variety.
Landing in the basket in high winds can be big time trouble.
I was made an honorary member of a hot air balloon club in Germany after seeing a balloon in trouble and running over to help while on a walk round the fields close to where I lived at that time. I was able to get a thrown rope wound round a tree to act as a brake and then stop the basket being dragged even further and damaging more crops or causing serious injury to the two balloonists.
I then helped with collapsing and folding the envelope which was easier with three people than two in the high wind. They are huge when laid out on the ground and in a wind they can be very troublesome to fold.
The balloon was made in Bristol in south west England by Cameron balloons who I had visited some years before and Bristol is still a world class centre of balloon construction.
The guys were quite envious but pleased that their rescue was aided by somebody with an interest, though I had never been up in a balloon, only a watcher.
I later enjoyed several flights with them, fortunately in good weather.
http://www.cameronballoons.co.uk/cgi-bin/open.cgi . . . . .
If the weather gets really rough it's usually best to just get out of the sky but landing can be very tricky in bad weather and it's one of the most dangerous times of many balloon flights, with the basket being dragged along the ground or caught in trees or power cables if the weather is so bad there isn't enough control over the balloon.
A grappling hook can be used as anchor and to slow the basket as the hook digs into the ground as the basket is carried along but it doesn't work on all terrain and sometimes can't be used because of the conditions.
Speed itself is not the problem at high altitude.
Long flights often take advantage of jet streams traveling at over 200mph. Close to the ground 40nph winds can be a nightmare.
As well as a bumpy and potentially lethal landing the fabric of the balloon (the envelope in balloon talk ) can be badly damaged. They cost a fortune and a replacement may take a long time to get ready.
Mishandling can also cause a lot of damage. Balloon fabric must be handled the right way.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/branson-blames-algerians-as-balloon-dream-fades-1288736.html . . . . . .
You'll need a map covering a large area so you can see where the wind is taking you.
Towns and roads look just like the map from a high viewpoint so it's even easier than map reading on the ground except when low cloud gets in the way and then you need x-ray eyes.
GPS units make it easy but you must allow for your altitude when using them or you can be a few miles wrong.
An international phrase book is a worthwhile addition to the gear since you might land in any country on long flights, from UK and Europe anyway and most parts of Africa.
The instruments on the balloon include an altimeter, a rate of ascent or descent meter, and a thermometer, and a short wave radio for communications plus another as a back-up radio.
Weather forecasts for the area you are traveling toward are very important so you can get out of trouble early enough to avoid a forced landing which may result in injury or death.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hMypTa0D2nd3ZF2qVoTszw99zmgwD9IIV86O0?docId=D9IIV86O0 . . . . .
The ground team see to weather forecast relays on long distance flights and an ordinary broadcast band radio is useful too. Small world band radios are commonly carried by balloonists, pilots, sailors etc as a back-up to the normal communications systems for weather information and they work well high in the air except for some VHF broadcasts.
The gas cylinders providing the heating fuel for hot air balloons have a meter so you know how much gas you've got left.
You also need tools and materials for repairs and maintenance of the burners and the basket and the equipment that's carried and enough batteries to keep everything working.
You will also need oxygen and masks for high level flights.
Altogether a balloon flight over a long distance with two people in the basket can take around 70-100 lbs of equipment and rations.
For very long flights at high altitude the equipment and rations, water, oxygen, etc, can weigh over 200 lbs.
A recent event had balloons traveling several thousand miles as a distance competition and in those kinds of events you have no idea how long you'll be up there for and where you'll be coming down so being frugal with the food rations and water is a good idea but you still have to eat and drink enough to stay fit and alert.
In 1999 the first circumnavigation of the world by balloon was made by two people in the Breitling Orbiter balloon and took 20 days.
The first solo round the world by balloon followed three years later, by the English balloonist and explorer Steve Fosset.
Scroll right down to the last few years of ballooning.
http://www.baileyballoons.co.uk/about-us/history-of-ballooning . . .
You need warm clothing. It gets cold upstairs in the sky.
You need food. Nutritious food that isn't too heavy or bulky. And enough water for tea or coffee and for cooking. Packet soups and dehydrated meals are common rations for long balloon flights.
You need first aid equipment and some basic survival gear like a sleeping bag, a lightweight tent, camp stove or a means of making a fire ...but you will have a lighter for the gas burners on the balloon and hopefully some gas left for cooking with .....in case you come down in a remote place which sometimes can't be avoided.
You need parachutes in case of failure of the balloon fabric or of the gas burners because then you can just drop out of the sky very fast. Some balloon baskets have parachutes fitted but it's sometimes best to wear one and jump out in the less sophisticated variety.
Landing in the basket in high winds can be big time trouble.
I was made an honorary member of a hot air balloon club in Germany after seeing a balloon in trouble and running over to help while on a walk round the fields close to where I lived at that time. I was able to get a thrown rope wound round a tree to act as a brake and then stop the basket being dragged even further and damaging more crops or causing serious injury to the two balloonists.
I then helped with collapsing and folding the envelope which was easier with three people than two in the high wind. They are huge when laid out on the ground and in a wind they can be very troublesome to fold.
The balloon was made in Bristol in south west England by Cameron balloons who I had visited some years before and Bristol is still a world class centre of balloon construction.
The guys were quite envious but pleased that their rescue was aided by somebody with an interest, though I had never been up in a balloon, only a watcher.
I later enjoyed several flights with them, fortunately in good weather.
http://www.cameronballoons.co.uk/cgi-bin/open.cgi . . . . .
If the weather gets really rough it's usually best to just get out of the sky but landing can be very tricky in bad weather and it's one of the most dangerous times of many balloon flights, with the basket being dragged along the ground or caught in trees or power cables if the weather is so bad there isn't enough control over the balloon.
A grappling hook can be used as anchor and to slow the basket as the hook digs into the ground as the basket is carried along but it doesn't work on all terrain and sometimes can't be used because of the conditions.
Speed itself is not the problem at high altitude.
Long flights often take advantage of jet streams traveling at over 200mph. Close to the ground 40nph winds can be a nightmare.
As well as a bumpy and potentially lethal landing the fabric of the balloon (the envelope in balloon talk ) can be badly damaged. They cost a fortune and a replacement may take a long time to get ready.
Mishandling can also cause a lot of damage. Balloon fabric must be handled the right way.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/branson-blames-algerians-as-balloon-dream-fades-1288736.html . . . . . .
You'll need a map covering a large area so you can see where the wind is taking you.
Towns and roads look just like the map from a high viewpoint so it's even easier than map reading on the ground except when low cloud gets in the way and then you need x-ray eyes.
GPS units make it easy but you must allow for your altitude when using them or you can be a few miles wrong.
An international phrase book is a worthwhile addition to the gear since you might land in any country on long flights, from UK and Europe anyway and most parts of Africa.
The instruments on the balloon include an altimeter, a rate of ascent or descent meter, and a thermometer, and a short wave radio for communications plus another as a back-up radio.
Weather forecasts for the area you are traveling toward are very important so you can get out of trouble early enough to avoid a forced landing which may result in injury or death.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hMypTa0D2nd3ZF2qVoTszw99zmgwD9IIV86O0?docId=D9IIV86O0 . . . . .
The ground team see to weather forecast relays on long distance flights and an ordinary broadcast band radio is useful too. Small world band radios are commonly carried by balloonists, pilots, sailors etc as a back-up to the normal communications systems for weather information and they work well high in the air except for some VHF broadcasts.
The gas cylinders providing the heating fuel for hot air balloons have a meter so you know how much gas you've got left.
You also need tools and materials for repairs and maintenance of the burners and the basket and the equipment that's carried and enough batteries to keep everything working.
You will also need oxygen and masks for high level flights.
Altogether a balloon flight over a long distance with two people in the basket can take around 70-100 lbs of equipment and rations.
For very long flights at high altitude the equipment and rations, water, oxygen, etc, can weigh over 200 lbs.
A recent event had balloons traveling several thousand miles as a distance competition and in those kinds of events you have no idea how long you'll be up there for and where you'll be coming down so being frugal with the food rations and water is a good idea but you still have to eat and drink enough to stay fit and alert.
In 1999 the first circumnavigation of the world by balloon was made by two people in the Breitling Orbiter balloon and took 20 days.
The first solo round the world by balloon followed three years later, by the English balloonist and explorer Steve Fosset.
Scroll right down to the last few years of ballooning.
http://www.baileyballoons.co.uk/about-us/history-of-ballooning . . .
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