tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56451385109293718.post7931073492449316305..comments2024-03-28T08:58:30.675-04:00Comments on Passion for the Past: Aren't You Hot In All Those Clothes?Historical Kenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04979801752112100293noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56451385109293718.post-63668620568974096302017-08-08T23:13:18.530-04:002017-08-08T23:13:18.530-04:00Great article, as usual! And you are correct - it...Great article, as usual! And you are correct - it is important not to let our natural persperant dissipate. We were told that by the Navajo who led our Jeep tour in Monument Valley. It was 110 degrees, and he was wearing jeans and a long sleeve shirt buttoned to the top. We asked him if he was hot, and he replied that he was cooler than we were, because his natural persperant was cooling him instead of evaporating in the hot air. Who am I to argue with a Native American who lived every day of his life in that climate?! Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08263107806827792368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56451385109293718.post-25906930743112950512008-06-09T11:20:00.000-04:002008-06-09T11:20:00.000-04:00Great post (as usual)... and accurate. I can almo...Great post (as usual)... and accurate. I can almost smell my sweaty wool. Part too of why we feel relatively cool, is that the layers we wear insulate ourselves as well. <BR/><BR/>The other reason we suffer but a little... is we reenactors are trained and told to continually hydrate ourselves. Military are ordered to carry full canteens and are instructed to frequently drink... No canteen, no battle or drill or parade. <BR/><BR/>Civilians are never too far from drinking water as well. The people who ask "aren't you hot?" do so because THEY feel hot and can only assume we must be even hotter. But THEY have been walking around all afternoon, say, looking at us who have sense; doing so without a hat, in the hot sun... without drinking (or if they are, it is some caffeine loaded pop - which doesn't hydrate as well as plain water). They forget to watch for out for themselves. If you only drink when you're thirsty, we know, it is too late. When you stop sweating, you are in trouble.<BR/><BR/>We come in out the sun as often as possible... under tents or flies or in the shade of trees when not on the battlefield. We're very careful and watchful. And we also have - or know of - EMTs in our units in case of heat stroke or accidents...<BR/><BR/>Call you later, pard.Mike Gilletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13785569071505041011noreply@blogger.com