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Re: [Hilsmans@aol.com: camping with children and hypothermia]
William Grimes (persianblue@JUNO.COM)
Sat, 8 Aug 1998 20:20:44 -0400
THat is a new one on me, however, I can see a possibility,
1 Most small children do not have the body mass to maintain internam
heat through the night.
solution: a nice warm sleeping bag, or two kids in the bag (do
not try it if they are not brothers)
2 Older tents often had no floor. This would allow water vapor to come
up through the ground and chill the sleepers.
solution: use a ground sheet under each sleeping bag. A good
floor in the tent will also work.
3 Little children toss an turn in the night winding up outside of thier
covers, not a problem in the summer.
4 wet beds no explaniation needed I hope (tre embaressing) There
ae many solutions for this one
start with a visit to the doctor, check for nightshade family
sensitivity (peppers, Tomatoes, potatoes, to name a few.) The one
explanation that I have for this is that "It was so real that I thought I
was using.."
In short for summer family camping there should be few if any reasons for
Hypothermia that preventive steps might not be taken for.
Camp away, have fun.
William Grimes
GS Cadette troop 892/ BSA troop 176
Lake Park /Palm Beach Gardens, Fl
persianblue@juno.com
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