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Alternative to Epirb, water, roof load, roof tents and temperature
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<blockquote data-quote="user 4386" data-source="post: 289563" data-attributes="member: 4386"><p>Thanks Fellas - had a few close calls (OH&S is so much better now, and so much more equipment is available).</p><p></p><p>Yes, I would go through that much water in half a hot day around Sandstone or Daly River. I find water to be almost the biggest issue when working in very dry and remote areas, You watch petrol and know how much you used getting there and can reasonable estimate it to where you are going. But water is heavcier and consumption is varaiable and you don't know the temperature for the next week (and often aren't quite as continuously conscious of how much remains c.f. petrol, because you are often now camped)</p><p></p><p>I said "on a hot day in the outback you will need 5 litres per day simply to maintain life", I didn't say "to not feel thirsty" Just to explain - a minimum of 5 litres every day in hot weather or you die (you will cease being able to do anything long before that, and will spend your last days begging to die, lying in the shade of your vehicle, the skin peeling off your tongue). Freezing to death is almost kinder....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="user 4386, post: 289563, member: 4386"] Thanks Fellas - had a few close calls (OH&S is so much better now, and so much more equipment is available). Yes, I would go through that much water in half a hot day around Sandstone or Daly River. I find water to be almost the biggest issue when working in very dry and remote areas, You watch petrol and know how much you used getting there and can reasonable estimate it to where you are going. But water is heavcier and consumption is varaiable and you don't know the temperature for the next week (and often aren't quite as continuously conscious of how much remains c.f. petrol, because you are often now camped) I said "on a hot day in the outback you will need 5 litres per day simply to maintain life", I didn't say "to not feel thirsty" Just to explain - a minimum of 5 litres every day in hot weather or you die (you will cease being able to do anything long before that, and will spend your last days begging to die, lying in the shade of your vehicle, the skin peeling off your tongue). Freezing to death is almost kinder.... [/QUOTE]
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Alternative to Epirb, water, roof load, roof tents and temperature
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