Tag: Heat Loss

Cold Injuries: Take Care In The Blue Zone

Cold Injuries: Take Care In The Blue Zone

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The human body’s mechanisms for staying cool on an extremely hot day are powerful. The human body’s mechanisms for staying warm on a very cold day aren’t nearly as effective. An understanding of how your body is affected by cold will make you more capable in cold environments and help you avoid cold-injuries…

Staying Warm Outdoors: Avoid The Four Horsemen of Heat Loss

Staying Warm Outdoors: Avoid The Four Horsemen of Heat Loss

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Awareness of the risk of hypothermia is pretty good these days but still many people succumb to it.  What’s often lacking is an understanding of the basic rules that govern the heating and cooling of the human body.  This knowledge could make all the difference between an enjoyable trip and a survival situation.