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Don't drink just plain water but add an electrolyte tablet to replace some of the lost salt. It usually has a small amount of sugar as well so keeps your energy up. There are various brands so get whichever is available where you come from. Big cities/large supermarkets in Spain will have them too, or failing that, get dioralyte sachets from the pharmacy but you can make it more dilute.Any extra tips other than drink water
Start out a little earlier...
I learnt to wet my whole head at water fountains and yes it dripped all down me! I had a small micro towel (30cm square) which I also soaked then folded up and placed it inside my hat, on the top of my head.
Suffer! You will be miserable. But you have a solution. Start early. Stop for the day early. Skip grueling sections. In other words modify your plans. I'm from the Arizona desert. I walked the Meseta during a September heat wave. I found it comfortable while others, like you from cooler climates, were suffering. The beauty of the Camino is the challenges it presents us and the solutions we utilize.I start my camino next week.
All my "training" walks have been in cool weather 5'c - 12'c.
I've noticed temps are in mid 20s c next week.
Any extra tips other than drink water, take your time and wear a hat for dealing with heat when you are not used to it?
Thanks
I am the opposite of you. I've walked 3 Caminos with high temps in the upper 20's and the 30's. I start April 30th and see that the lows (in the early mornings when I start) will be 9c, which is cold for me. The afternoons look like they will be up to 24c--a bit hot, but I usually finish by 2 pm.I start my camino next week.
All my "training" walks have been in cool weather 5'c - 12'c.
I've noticed temps are in mid 20s c next week.
Any extra tips other than drink water, take your time and wear a hat for dealing with heat when you are not used to it?
Thanks
I’ve been walking for months in -40. Believe me, 20 above will feel extraordinarily hot when you are coming from a place that gets -40 for months.20 degrees Celsius is not hot, even if you previously lived in an igloo.
To give this some extra context, here is some analysis I did a few years ago in another discussion. While it might help to know what your water consumption rate is per hour when walking in the heat, that is not something that I expect most pilgrims will have taken the time to discover during their training. Indeed, some might not even be able to train in the hot weather conditions they might face on any camino route.Make sure you carry extra water. Drink a lot before you leave for the day if you can - and refill before departure. Every time you pass a fountain - refill. Often fountain water is cooler than what is in your bottle.
I have never heard of this happening before. Do you have more information about this?A word of caution about wet cloths around necks and on heads...these can hold in heat if there is no wind, and can cause rapid overheating. Some have success, some end up suffering badly from this. Your neck and head lose 30% or your body heat, so wrapping it can impede this on a hot day.
A wet neck gaiter is a great tool to keep cool. A tutorial to prevent what you are talking about... although I never found it to be an issue and many people in my area hike with wet gaiters on hot days (I live in a desert where summer high temperatures are usually 32-43 Celsius/90-110 Fahrenheit for more than half of the year. I just wring out my gaiter - I don't shake it.A word of caution about wet cloths around necks and on heads...these can hold in heat if there is no wind, and can cause rapid overheating. Some have success, some end up suffering badly from this. Your neck and head lose 30% or your body heat, so wrapping it can impede this on a hot day.
I always thought that the principle of the wet wraps is that you lose heat to evaporation. If the humidity is so high that evaporation cannot occur, I can see them perhaps acting as insulation. My experience of hot sections of Spanish Caminos is that they also tend to be dry, facilitating evaporation and the cooling effect.A word of caution about wet cloths around necks and on heads...these can hold in heat if there is no wind, and can cause rapid overheating. Some have success, some end up suffering badly from this. Your neck and head lose 30% or your body heat, so wrapping it can impede this on a hot day.
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