How to avoid fall’s chill in camp/ Comment éviter de se cailler en automne en bivouac (traduction approximative )
Octobre et Septembre sont des mois merveilleux pour randonner et bivouaquer car la foule est loin aussi aux USA. Voici quelques conseils en américain (comme mon anglais primaire m’a permis de comprendre en gros, je pense donc que ce texte sera accessible à bcp) issus d’un bouquin Wilderness Basiscs, San Diego Chapter of the Sierra Club, Mountaineers Book, trouvés dans un numéro d’une revue Mountaineer (Seattle) sept-oct 2013.
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In camp, put on your warmest clothing. Use your rain gear as a vapor barrier
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Don’t allow yourself to even begin to get cold ! If you shiver, that is sign that your body is cooling down. If you feel cold, add more clothing and move around a bit. If that is not enough, get into your sleeping bag until you feel warm and can reemerge into camp life.
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Eat a big, warm dinner with plenty or carbohy-drates and fats.
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After dinner, snack on fatty foods, such as peanuts. The process of digesting fatty foods increases body heat.
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Exercice. When feeling cold, get up and stretch or go for a brisk walk. The exercise will increase body heat. When in your sleeping bag, do isometric exercices.
6. Drink warm fluids. Throughout the night, continue to drink warm fluids.
- Designate a bottle (clearly marked!) that you can use to urinate into while in your tent. (Women can use a tent bottle along with a special funnel designed for their anatomy). This bottle will save you from getting up at 2 a.m, getting dressed, and going out into the cold during the night.
8. In camp, sit on a pad to insulate you from the cold ground. Find a wind-sheltered spot or orient yourself so your head is downwind. Wear dry gloves and stocking caps to offset heat loss from your extremities.
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Just before you turn in for the night, make an extra bottle of hot water ; ensure that he bottle does not leak ; then put the bottle into your sleeping bag. (This is also provide you with warm water tot start morning coffee.)
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Share your tent or shelter with others to add body heat.
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