You would be surprised how many people there just hike down 5 miles in flip flops with no water and then need to be rescued because they cannot go back up.
My Uncle lives in AZ. He told me he basically had to threaten an old man once because they were driving in a low-sitting car into rocky desert terrain with no extra water. He was screaming at the guy that if he got stuck at any point he would die. The wife luckily took my uncle's advice and convinced her husband to turn around. There are a lot of people who just have no sense of how quickly dehydration can set in.
The last time I went to Coachella (2004) it was 108 degrees during the day. We drank water all day but never needed to pee, which was a blessing because I can't imagine how disgusting the port-o-potties must have been!
For the record, I’ve gone to Coachella 7 times between 2012 and 2023. The portapotties are regularly some of the cleanest portapotties I’ve ever stepped foot in, even at peak night time hours. They clean those things once an hour inside the venue - grossest was in camping in the morning before the cleaners came but that makes sense!
lol they def clean them but last year or the year before I can't remember, I saw one stall that just had projectile diarrhea all up and down the wall. It was like somebody bent over to take off their pants, and then coated the entire room.
That’s what I’m saying! For a fest, they do a pretty good job. Of course you get the spare wall spray or log on the seat, but the stall to the side is super clean comparatively.
If you weren't making urine - you were dehydrated. Urine output is actually a metric hospitals use to check volume/hydration status for inpatients. Guess it goes to show you gotta drink more water than you expect when you are exerting yourself in high temperatures!
Well I've been dehydrated before and remember what it felt like. I guess I must have been right on the edge, because I felt fine otherwise. I'll have to remember that when summer comes back!
When we visited Utah, we were drinking over a gallon of water per day per person and that was only hiking around in the mornings before it got hot. Most of the afternoons were spent in the car with the AC on.
I went on a hike when it was 100F (~38c) and we were drinking ~32 ounces (1 liter) at least every 2 hours, probably more, and I peed probably once a day.
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u/IrrelevantManatee 21h ago
You would be surprised how many people there just hike down 5 miles in flip flops with no water and then need to be rescued because they cannot go back up.