June 9, 2024 • 17 mins
How can a simple hike turn into a life-threatening situation? Discover the critical insights on hydration and learn how to protect yourself from the dangers of dehydration, especially in scorching heat. Through a sobering cautionary tale, we uncover the body’s essential need for water and provide practical tips to maintain hydration, including why you should avoid excessive caffeine, alcohol, and sports drinks. Also, understand the outdated and potentially harmful practice of using salt tablets. Ensuring proper hydration before, during, and after physical activities is your best defense against heat-related illnesses.
Are you traveling soon? We share expert advice on staying healthy and hydrated while on the move. From the must-have refillable water bottle to the importance of packing easy, well-tested snacks for those with specific health conditions like diabetes, we cover it all. We also discuss the significance of understanding how your medications may affect you during travel and the benefits of being prepared for unexpected situations. Plus, don't miss our monthly firearm training classes, including concealed carry and home defense shotgun courses, aimed at keeping you safe and informed. Tune in for a wealth of knowledge to help you stay prepared, hydrated, and healthy no matter where life takes you.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Well, here it is the 10th day of June.
I promised I'd check back inand let's talk about the heat.
Come on in, let's get thisthing started.
Hi everybody, Bill Bateman,part of the team here at Refuse
to be a Victim PersonalProtection Training.
(00:21):
We are located in the MedfordWhite City area of Southern
Oregon, 6800 Kershaw, whereKershaw turns into Corey, out
there by the old Camp WhiteRange.
As a matter of fact, it's anabrupt turn, so slow down when
you're coming in.
We wanted to see you at thegate, not through it.
(00:43):
Okay, Promised I'd check in.
I am on hiatus taking a break.
A lot of things going on, butthis business with the heat is
something I feel the need toshare.
Some reminders, especially asit's looking like taking a hike
can actually be hazardous toyour health and there's a story
(01:04):
in the news about a gentlemanwho is in Greece and he was
taking a hike and there wasextreme heat and he ended up
expiring.
And it's not because he didanything wrong, it's because it
got real hot and the terrain gotreally unstable and he ran out
of ability.
He got dehydrated and boom, andit's terrible.
(01:27):
I hate to see that happen toanybody.
It's happening all over theworld, so it's not just an
isolated incident.
So the big world news is thetemperature.
We all know it.
All you have to do is walkoutside about five o'clock in
the afternoon and it's prettyobvious if you're in an impacted
(01:47):
area.
Well, one of the things we haveto be careful about is the
self-image we all have, and I'vehad to undergo a lot of work
with mine.
I'm a big guy.
I've always been able to bestrong, stay healthy, bada bing
until recently, and now I stilllook at myself as strong.
But I also look at myself withmy experience, at being smart
(02:12):
enough smart enough to thinkmyself, either avoiding a
situation or, if I get intotrouble, start being aware and
realizing I've got a problem.
That's how you get old.
You don't have to win everyfight.
You avoid most of them, and ifyou have to give the ones,
you're in everything you got.
(02:35):
Let's talk about hydration,because water is most of our
body and it's something we musthave.
It's the thing we can last theleast without Food.
A couple weeks, air okay,that's the top of the one you
got to have like air everycouple of minutes or you're in
trouble and water three days.
(02:56):
It starts getting really,really freaky.
But you don't have to be hikingacross the Mojave or out in
Death Valley.
You have to stay hydrated ifyou're going for a hike, if
you're at work, especially ifyou're one of the wonderful
people who work outside, like onpower lines or working in the
fields or something like that.
But even now, going out for asimple walk is something you
(03:20):
gotta.
It's hot, it's damn hot.
It's good if you're with yourpartner, but not good if you're
in the fields.
So staying hydrated when youwork makes it easier to keep the
necessary balance of liquid.
If you're dehydrated when youstart work, you may not be able
to drink enough during the dayto catch up your body's need for
(03:45):
water.
Drink before you feel thirsty.
By the time you're feelingthirsty, you're already behind
in fluid replacement, anddehydration is a key contributor
to heat exhaustion.
That's a medical condition,folks.
Your work performance maysuffer when you're dehydrated,
even if you don't notice.
(04:05):
Now, if you're working in theheat, drink one cup, that's
eight ounces of water, every 15to 20 minutes.
Now this translates to aboutone cup quart per hour, and
drinking at shorter intervals ismuch more effective than
guzzling down slamming thatquart of water all at once.
There's also such a thing as toomuch.
(04:27):
Do not drink more than 48ounces or one and a half quarts
per hour.
Drinking too much especiallyother fluids like sports drinks,
energy drinks can cause amedical emergency because the
concentration of salt in thebody gets too low.
We are, after all, one largechemistry project.
(04:48):
Another thing that's importantyou need to hydrate after work.
Most people need several hoursto drink enough fluids to
replace what they lose throughsweat.
The sooner you get started, theless strain you place on your
body from being dehydrated.
Now, hydrating after work iseven more important if you work
in the heat.
(05:09):
Chronic dehydration increasesthe risk for a number of medical
conditions, such as kidneystones.
What to drink?
Well water Basically, such askidney stones.
What to drink?
Well water, Basically.
That's the key idea, as long asyou're getting the proper
balance in your diet to replacethe salt lost in sweat.
Now, some energy drinks containa lot more caffeine than coffee,
(05:31):
tea or soft drinks.
Drinking several of these canraise the caffeine levels, which
if you have an issue that'sputting pressure on your heart,
along with the heat generatedissues.
And many energy drinks containa lot more sugar, which adds
extra calorie.
Now I used to come home andlove having a couple of beers,
(05:55):
but alcohol can causedehydration.
Drinking alcohol with 24 hoursof working in heat can increase
the risk of heat illness.
What about salt tablets?
I remember the Navy.
They used to give us those likeM&Ms.
Well, it's not good to takesalt tablets.
In most cases, salt can bereplaced by eating normal meals.
(06:18):
And don't skip when you'reworking.
Talk to your doctor about theissue of salt tablets if that's
something that's part of yourplan.
Caffeine not that big a deal,but prolonged sweating lasting
several hours, Maybe sportsdrinks with balanced
(06:40):
electrolytes are another option.
Heavy consumption of sportsdrinks will add calories, but if
it's that or passing out, I cansee the benefit of either.
Now, one of the things is havingenough water with you.
I've talked about having waterin the car.
Highly important.
The interior of the car andwe've talked about having water
in the car highly important.
The interior of the car andwe've talked about this before
(07:02):
does get over 140 degrees on avery hot day.
The trunk is going to be alittle bit better, so I store
any emergency water in my trunk.
I also looked at a number ofdifferent bottles to carry.
Now I'm a big believer.
I have a Yeti, a Yeti Rambler.
It's 64 ounces.
(07:23):
It does not have a liner and tome that's highly important.
If you ever have to boil waterin your water bottle.
A plastic liner is a no-go.
I also have the solid plasticbottles to carry.
They're a little lighter, theydon't bang into stuff and leave
(07:43):
dents, and there are the Nalgene.
They're the number of thingsyou should look for in a water
bottle to make sure it's goingto work for you Non-leaking,
non-breaking, being able todrink out of it simply.
And if you ever think you may bein a situation that you need to
(08:05):
go ahead and filter your watera product called the Geopress
Filter and Purifier Bottle.
It's by Grail G-R-A-Y-L.
I'll leave a link on the frontof the program.
It's something you can putwater in and then, much like a
coffee press, press down, thewater is forced through a
(08:26):
membrane and you will get very,very good water in a very short
amount of time.
Naturally, you can't put thatover the fire.
Which brings us to the questionwhat are you going to have in
your car or with you?
They have these little plasticcups.
They have these little metalcups.
If you really want to get intoit.
Fine, If you're going to havesome paper cups, a red solar cup
(08:51):
, you know whatever you're goingto have, not a bad idea.
The bare minimum extra water,Bare minimum extra water in the
amounts you're going to need.
If I was looking at a full day,I'd want to make sure I had at
least a gallon of good drinkingwater available.
And if it's in a big bottle,you want to make sure you don't
(09:14):
spill it, you want to make sureit's strong.
I see a lot of the cheap waterbottles you can get.
They actually break.
You can squeeze them too hard.
They'll break.
They're cracking.
You got water over the frontseat no bad plan.
So when you're looking at that,looking at the water, filter it
.
If you think you're gonna be inthat type of situation and
(09:35):
believe it or not, sometimes youare, even if you don't think
you will be.
I've gotten into that.
I've got some of the filtersthat look like a little straw.
Worst case scenario.
It's certainly better thannothing.
And I carry my Yeti and I havein the car a couple of plastic
water bottles in the emergencyin case I have to store it,
(09:58):
stock it, grab some from the gasstation, get it out of a
hydration station.
All things to consider, let'stake it to the next level.
Let's look at traveling.
I take Concealed Carry Magazine, USCCA US Concealed Carry
Association.
I get my insurance from thereand I also like their magazine.
(10:19):
Whichcca US Concealed CarryAssociation.
I get my own insurance fromthere and I also like their
magazine, which comes with yourpurchase of insurance, your
subscription of a membership,and I am really enjoying an
article that they have thismonth on traveling and it talks
about when you travel.
You hop on the plane and yougot to go through TSA, so
(10:40):
there's all the things you can'thave.
And they talked also about water, how important it is for you.
And when you're walking acrossthe parking lot to get the
rental car at 11 o'clock in themorning, it's not a bad idea to
have water you can count on.
They also find that they havekind of given up on trying to
(11:02):
get it through the checkpoints.
I get really angry when I findyou have to pay $8, $9 for a
bottle of water from the littleshop inside.
They got you.
Deal with it.
Get yourself a good plasticbottle that you can fill then at
the hydration stations in theairport.
(11:25):
They haven't taken those outyet.
So if you need fresh water,you've got it and fill it up
before you leave the terminal.
Also, when you look at snacksand this is another thing that's
very important getting food inthe airport can often be
difficult.
I have a classic story.
I had a flight to catch fromhere to there.
(11:46):
I jumped off one flight, randown, got on the other flight
and I didn't have any food.
The flight didn't provide food.
They didn't even have the nuts.
It was a cheap flight and wereit not for a person who was very
kind and didn't even have thenuts, it was a cheap flight and
were it not for a person who wasvery kind and didn't even take
money for it, I got a couple ofprotein bars.
As a diabetic, I especially haveto watch my food intake,
(12:09):
especially when under stress.
So if you suffer from low bloodsugar, from diabetes, from any
condition that might impact youwhen you're on the road, know
now what you can pack in yourshirt pocket.
I have in a backpack or myshirt pocket, whichever I happen
to be rocking at the time.
(12:30):
I have discovered some reallygood fig bars.
They're light, they're good tocarry.
The Nature Valley granola barsseem to work out pretty good to
me.
And if you're going to trysomething new, try it at home a
couple times.
First, Because when you'rerunning around and you're
throwing in that chocolatey barwith your regular fig bar and
(12:52):
then you've got water from theairport, you don't want to end
up with diarrhea or an upsetstomach, that going across the
parking lot in the middle of aheat wave is not someplace't
want to end up with diarrhea oran upset stomach, that going
across the parking lot in themiddle of a heat wave is not
someplace.
You want to be.
Test this stuff out in advance.
I have my list.
I know what's going to work.
I have my foods.
(13:13):
I have my glucose tablets,Diabetics.
You know what I'm talking aboutthese are a carbohydrate
replacement and know your bloodsugar level.
I was talking to a health carepractitioner and they said Bill,
do you know the number that youstart going into deficit, that
your blood sugar starts going,spiking down rather than spiking
(13:38):
up, and you're having a problem.
So it's our responsibility.
I talked about not only beingstronger, being smarter.
We need to know just about howfar we can go and then back that
off 10%.
Don't be the person gasping,wheezing, having a blood sugar
attack, dying of thirst, withdry mouth, whatever it is, know
(14:02):
what medications are going to doto you.
I've had to take some new andinteresting medications recently
which would really impact mytraveling because they make me
have dry mouth.
It's affected my voice just alittle and I'm always licking my
lips.
I find that I can go through a12 ounce glass of water every
couple of minutes just by sip,sip, sip, sip.
(14:25):
You're in charge of yourpersonal machine, Know what's
affecting you, Know what you'reheading into to the most you can
.
Obviously, you have noguarantee that all the flights
in Salt Lake City are going tobe canceled.
Okay, Start looking as soon asyou hear for supplemental food,
for supplemental water.
(14:46):
Make sure.
I even had to deal with myflashlights recently.
I can take a flashlight on theplane if you can take the
batteries out because they don'twant fires from the thing
coming on in your pocket.
Fair enough, what type offlashlight you're going to carry
, and having a flashlight can bereally, really valid, Even if
(15:06):
you just put regular batteriesin it or they'll let you take
out the battery for your littlepen light the thing that's about
four inches long.
That can be really handy if thepower goes out in the terminal
that happened in Denver.
If you end up wandering aroundacross the parking lot at
midnight looking for that rentalcar that happened in San Diego.
(15:29):
There's a lot of things whenyou're traveling.
We all go in with an expectationof things are going to be okay.
We now have to start going in.
Things might not be okay.
I've got confidence.
I have trust, Absolutely.
I also have smarts and trust inmyself and my planning, so that
(15:51):
my wife says turns to me andsays I can't see a thing.
I guess, no worries, baby, wegot this, Click, click and you
got a flashlight.
Or I'm thirsty, you got thewater.
It's just about you and Ilooking out for each other.
So, in high heat, hydrate,hydrate, hydrate.
That's our story for this week.
I'm still on break.
(16:13):
I'll be back as I can over thenext couple of weeks.
There are, of of course,excellent classes coming up.
Second Saturday of each monthis the concealed carry class.
Yes, indeed, register for thatin advance.
We've got the shotgun class,which is still my favorite Home
defense shotgun.
(16:34):
Oh my gosh.
I will say I learned the mostin that class about home defense
than I've learned in severalother sessions.
So there's a lot of good things.
And for you advanced people,there's the Beyond Concealed
Carry.
So make it your summer goalStay hydrated and get learned up
(16:56):
.
That's all I got for this week.
I look forward to seeing younext time or out at the range.
Until then, be safe and keepyour head on a swivel.
The preceding was apresentation of Retired Guy
(17:18):
Productions.
Well, here it is the 10th day of June.
I promised I'd check back inand let's talk about the heat.
Come on in, let's get thisthing started.
Hi everybody, Bill Bateman,part of the team here at Refuse
to be a Victim PersonalProtection Training.
(00:21):
We are located in the MedfordWhite City area of Southern
Oregon, 6800 Kershaw, whereKershaw turns into Corey, out
there by the old Camp WhiteRange.
As a matter of fact, it's anabrupt turn, so slow down when
you're coming in.
We wanted to see you at thegate, not through it.
(00:43):
Okay, Promised I'd check in.
I am on hiatus taking a break.
A lot of things going on, butthis business with the heat is
something I feel the need toshare.
Some reminders, especially asit's looking like taking a hike
can actually be hazardous toyour health and there's a story
(01:04):
in the news about a gentlemanwho is in Greece and he was
taking a hike and there wasextreme heat and he ended up
expiring.
And it's not because he didanything wrong, it's because it
got real hot and the terrain gotreally unstable and he ran out
of ability.
He got dehydrated and boom, andit's terrible.
(01:27):
I hate to see that happen toanybody.
It's happening all over theworld, so it's not just an
isolated incident.
So the big world news is thetemperature.
We all know it.
All you have to do is walkoutside about five o'clock in
the afternoon and it's prettyobvious if you're in an impacted
(01:47):
area.
Well, one of the things we haveto be careful about is the
self-image we all have, and I'vehad to undergo a lot of work
with mine.
I'm a big guy.
I've always been able to bestrong, stay healthy, bada bing
until recently, and now I stilllook at myself as strong.
But I also look at myself withmy experience, at being smart
(02:12):
enough smart enough to thinkmyself, either avoiding a
situation or, if I get intotrouble, start being aware and
realizing I've got a problem.
That's how you get old.
You don't have to win everyfight.
You avoid most of them, and ifyou have to give the ones,
you're in everything you got.
(02:35):
Let's talk about hydration,because water is most of our
body and it's something we musthave.
It's the thing we can last theleast without Food.
A couple weeks, air okay,that's the top of the one you
got to have like air everycouple of minutes or you're in
trouble and water three days.
(02:56):
It starts getting really,really freaky.
But you don't have to be hikingacross the Mojave or out in
Death Valley.
You have to stay hydrated ifyou're going for a hike, if
you're at work, especially ifyou're one of the wonderful
people who work outside, like onpower lines or working in the
fields or something like that.
But even now, going out for asimple walk is something you
(03:20):
gotta.
It's hot, it's damn hot.
It's good if you're with yourpartner, but not good if you're
in the fields.
So staying hydrated when youwork makes it easier to keep the
necessary balance of liquid.
If you're dehydrated when youstart work, you may not be able
to drink enough during the dayto catch up your body's need for
(03:45):
water.
Drink before you feel thirsty.
By the time you're feelingthirsty, you're already behind
in fluid replacement, anddehydration is a key contributor
to heat exhaustion.
That's a medical condition,folks.
Your work performance maysuffer when you're dehydrated,
even if you don't notice.
(04:05):
Now, if you're working in theheat, drink one cup, that's
eight ounces of water, every 15to 20 minutes.
Now this translates to aboutone cup quart per hour, and
drinking at shorter intervals ismuch more effective than
guzzling down slamming thatquart of water all at once.
There's also such a thing as toomuch.
(04:27):
Do not drink more than 48ounces or one and a half quarts
per hour.
Drinking too much especiallyother fluids like sports drinks,
energy drinks can cause amedical emergency because the
concentration of salt in thebody gets too low.
We are, after all, one largechemistry project.
(04:48):
Another thing that's importantyou need to hydrate after work.
Most people need several hoursto drink enough fluids to
replace what they lose throughsweat.
The sooner you get started, theless strain you place on your
body from being dehydrated.
Now, hydrating after work iseven more important if you work
in the heat.
(05:09):
Chronic dehydration increasesthe risk for a number of medical
conditions, such as kidneystones.
What to drink?
Well water Basically, such askidney stones.
What to drink?
Well water, Basically.
That's the key idea, as long asyou're getting the proper
balance in your diet to replacethe salt lost in sweat.
Now, some energy drinks containa lot more caffeine than coffee,
(05:31):
tea or soft drinks.
Drinking several of these canraise the caffeine levels, which
if you have an issue that'sputting pressure on your heart,
along with the heat generatedissues.
And many energy drinks containa lot more sugar, which adds
extra calorie.
Now I used to come home andlove having a couple of beers,
(05:55):
but alcohol can causedehydration.
Drinking alcohol with 24 hoursof working in heat can increase
the risk of heat illness.
What about salt tablets?
I remember the Navy.
They used to give us those likeM&Ms.
Well, it's not good to takesalt tablets.
In most cases, salt can bereplaced by eating normal meals.
(06:18):
And don't skip when you'reworking.
Talk to your doctor about theissue of salt tablets if that's
something that's part of yourplan.
Caffeine not that big a deal,but prolonged sweating lasting
several hours, Maybe sportsdrinks with balanced
(06:40):
electrolytes are another option.
Heavy consumption of sportsdrinks will add calories, but if
it's that or passing out, I cansee the benefit of either.
Now, one of the things is havingenough water with you.
I've talked about having waterin the car.
Highly important.
The interior of the car andwe've talked about having water
in the car highly important.
The interior of the car andwe've talked about this before
(07:02):
does get over 140 degrees on avery hot day.
The trunk is going to be alittle bit better, so I store
any emergency water in my trunk.
I also looked at a number ofdifferent bottles to carry.
Now I'm a big believer.
I have a Yeti, a Yeti Rambler.
It's 64 ounces.
(07:23):
It does not have a liner and tome that's highly important.
If you ever have to boil waterin your water bottle.
A plastic liner is a no-go.
I also have the solid plasticbottles to carry.
They're a little lighter, theydon't bang into stuff and leave
(07:43):
dents, and there are the Nalgene.
They're the number of thingsyou should look for in a water
bottle to make sure it's goingto work for you Non-leaking,
non-breaking, being able todrink out of it simply.
And if you ever think you may bein a situation that you need to
(08:05):
go ahead and filter your watera product called the Geopress
Filter and Purifier Bottle.
It's by Grail G-R-A-Y-L.
I'll leave a link on the frontof the program.
It's something you can putwater in and then, much like a
coffee press, press down, thewater is forced through a
(08:26):
membrane and you will get very,very good water in a very short
amount of time.
Naturally, you can't put thatover the fire.
Which brings us to the questionwhat are you going to have in
your car or with you?
They have these little plasticcups.
They have these little metalcups.
If you really want to get intoit.
Fine, If you're going to havesome paper cups, a red solar cup
(08:51):
, you know whatever you're goingto have, not a bad idea.
The bare minimum extra water,Bare minimum extra water in the
amounts you're going to need.
If I was looking at a full day,I'd want to make sure I had at
least a gallon of good drinkingwater available.
And if it's in a big bottle,you want to make sure you don't
(09:14):
spill it, you want to make sureit's strong.
I see a lot of the cheap waterbottles you can get.
They actually break.
You can squeeze them too hard.
They'll break.
They're cracking.
You got water over the frontseat no bad plan.
So when you're looking at that,looking at the water, filter it
.
If you think you're gonna be inthat type of situation and
(09:35):
believe it or not, sometimes youare, even if you don't think
you will be.
I've gotten into that.
I've got some of the filtersthat look like a little straw.
Worst case scenario.
It's certainly better thannothing.
And I carry my Yeti and I havein the car a couple of plastic
water bottles in the emergencyin case I have to store it,
(09:58):
stock it, grab some from the gasstation, get it out of a
hydration station.
All things to consider, let'stake it to the next level.
Let's look at traveling.
I take Concealed Carry Magazine, USCCA US Concealed Carry
Association.
I get my insurance from thereand I also like their magazine.
(10:19):
Whichcca US Concealed CarryAssociation.
I get my own insurance fromthere and I also like their
magazine, which comes with yourpurchase of insurance, your
subscription of a membership,and I am really enjoying an
article that they have thismonth on traveling and it talks
about when you travel.
You hop on the plane and yougot to go through TSA, so
(10:40):
there's all the things you can'thave.
And they talked also about water, how important it is for you.
And when you're walking acrossthe parking lot to get the
rental car at 11 o'clock in themorning, it's not a bad idea to
have water you can count on.
They also find that they havekind of given up on trying to
(11:02):
get it through the checkpoints.
I get really angry when I findyou have to pay $8, $9 for a
bottle of water from the littleshop inside.
They got you.
Deal with it.
Get yourself a good plasticbottle that you can fill then at
the hydration stations in theairport.
(11:25):
They haven't taken those outyet.
So if you need fresh water,you've got it and fill it up
before you leave the terminal.
Also, when you look at snacksand this is another thing that's
very important getting food inthe airport can often be
difficult.
I have a classic story.
I had a flight to catch fromhere to there.
(11:46):
I jumped off one flight, randown, got on the other flight
and I didn't have any food.
The flight didn't provide food.
They didn't even have the nuts.
It was a cheap flight and wereit not for a person who was very
kind and didn't even have thenuts, it was a cheap flight and
were it not for a person who wasvery kind and didn't even take
money for it, I got a couple ofprotein bars.
As a diabetic, I especially haveto watch my food intake,
(12:09):
especially when under stress.
So if you suffer from low bloodsugar, from diabetes, from any
condition that might impact youwhen you're on the road, know
now what you can pack in yourshirt pocket.
I have in a backpack or myshirt pocket, whichever I happen
to be rocking at the time.
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I have discovered some reallygood fig bars.
They're light, they're good tocarry.
The Nature Valley granola barsseem to work out pretty good to
me.
And if you're going to trysomething new, try it at home a
couple times.
First, Because when you'rerunning around and you're
throwing in that chocolatey barwith your regular fig bar and
(12:52):
then you've got water from theairport, you don't want to end
up with diarrhea or an upsetstomach, that going across the
parking lot in the middle of aheat wave is not someplace't
want to end up with diarrhea oran upset stomach, that going
across the parking lot in themiddle of a heat wave is not
someplace.
You want to be.
Test this stuff out in advance.
I have my list.
I know what's going to work.
I have my foods.
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I have my glucose tablets,Diabetics.
You know what I'm talking aboutthese are a carbohydrate
replacement and know your bloodsugar level.
I was talking to a health carepractitioner and they said Bill,
do you know the number that youstart going into deficit, that
your blood sugar starts going,spiking down rather than spiking
(13:38):
up, and you're having a problem.
So it's our responsibility.
I talked about not only beingstronger, being smarter.
We need to know just about howfar we can go and then back that
off 10%.
Don't be the person gasping,wheezing, having a blood sugar
attack, dying of thirst, withdry mouth, whatever it is, know
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what medications are going to doto you.
I've had to take some new andinteresting medications recently
which would really impact mytraveling because they make me
have dry mouth.
It's affected my voice just alittle and I'm always licking my
lips.
I find that I can go through a12 ounce glass of water every
couple of minutes just by sip,sip, sip, sip.
(14:25):
You're in charge of yourpersonal machine, Know what's
affecting you, Know what you'reheading into to the most you can
.
Obviously, you have noguarantee that all the flights
in Salt Lake City are going tobe canceled.
Okay, Start looking as soon asyou hear for supplemental food,
for supplemental water.
(14:46):
Make sure.
I even had to deal with myflashlights recently.
I can take a flashlight on theplane if you can take the
batteries out because they don'twant fires from the thing
coming on in your pocket.
Fair enough, what type offlashlight you're going to carry
, and having a flashlight can bereally, really valid, Even if
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you just put regular batteriesin it or they'll let you take
out the battery for your littlepen light the thing that's about
four inches long.
That can be really handy if thepower goes out in the terminal
that happened in Denver.
If you end up wandering aroundacross the parking lot at
midnight looking for that rentalcar that happened in San Diego.
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There's a lot of things whenyou're traveling.
We all go in with an expectationof things are going to be okay.
We now have to start going in.
Things might not be okay.
I've got confidence.
I have trust, Absolutely.
I also have smarts and trust inmyself and my planning, so that
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my wife says turns to me andsays I can't see a thing.
I guess, no worries, baby, wegot this, Click, click and you
got a flashlight.
Or I'm thirsty, you got thewater.
It's just about you and Ilooking out for each other.
So, in high heat, hydrate,hydrate, hydrate.
That's our story for this week.
I'm still on break.
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I'll be back as I can over thenext couple of weeks.
There are, of of course,excellent classes coming up.
Second Saturday of each monthis the concealed carry class.
Yes, indeed, register for thatin advance.
We've got the shotgun class,which is still my favorite Home
defense shotgun.
(16:34):
Oh my gosh.
I will say I learned the mostin that class about home defense
than I've learned in severalother sessions.
So there's a lot of good things.
And for you advanced people,there's the Beyond Concealed
Carry.
So make it your summer goalStay hydrated and get learned up
(16:56):
.
That's all I got for this week.
I look forward to seeing younext time or out at the range.
Until then, be safe and keepyour head on a swivel.
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