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Re: Hydration
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Mike Wallace <[log in to unmask]>
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SouthEast US Scuba Diving Travel list <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Sat, 9 Feb 2002 08:26:24 -0600
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On 9 Feb 2002 at 9:23, Lee Bell wrote:

> Carol Reid wrote:
>
> > > What do _you_ drink? (apart from the alcy stuff!)
> > > What should you drink?

>
> I do something that I didn't see others mention.  I watch my hydration
> between dives, particularly when I know one or more of them will bring me
> close to or past my no decompression limits.  In addition to the dehydrating
> effects of heat, the very dry scuba air we breathe also tends to dehydrate
> divers.

And this is exactly why you should supersaturate yourself BEFORE a dive. You
help to slow the process of dehydration so that you don't have to play catch up
between a series of dives.



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Mike Wallace
Huntsville,Ala

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