sport drinks

[+user13371]

I got to thinking about this while reading this topic which Jeremy quite appropriately shut down.

 

No product pumping here, but what do you like out on the trails? Water? Gatorade? Lucozade?

[+smithdw]

I take water/pop/juice bottles, fill them about a third of the way with water and throw them in the freezer. When I'm getting ready to head out, I fill it the rest of the way with water and have nice cold water to drink. Either that, or a cooler filled with diet pepsi while in the car, but if I'm going to be hiking for a little while, I carry the ice water in the backpack.

[+sbell111]

I'm a big fan of bottled water. I'll down a case during day's outing. I just drink it warm.

[+Mr. 0]

I usually drink water more than anything, but I've been drinking more and more Powerade lately. I didn't used to like the sports drinks but in the last year or so I've acquired a taste for them I guess.

 

Mr. 0

 

"Remember that nature and the elements are neither your friend or your enemy - they are actually disinterested."

 

Department of the Army Field Manual FM 21-76 "Survival" Oct. 1970

[+nincehelser]

Dihydrogen Monoxide.

[+Renegade Knight]

After reading up on heat stroke and heat exaustion I'm going back to water. Mountain Dew was my poison of choise prior to that.

 

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[Tahosa and Sons]

Too much sport drinks can mess up your system.

I usually drink lots of water, when I take a lunch break its usually a little gatorade(dry) mixed with diet lemonade mix. Tastes real good.

Here is a recipe for a homemade electroylite soulution: Water 1 qt., Sugar 3 TBSP., Baking Soda 1/2 tsp., Salt 1/2 tsp. Lite Salt 1/4 tsp. It tastes kinda funky, but it works if you take a sip every now and then. My cohorts call it Tahosa Juice and they won't touch the stuff, but I'm the only one not dehydrated after a good 10 mi. hike.

 

Tahosa - Dweller of the Mountain Tops.

[+GeneralBracket]

Strictly water with me.

 

Might have a Coke with lunch afterward though.

[+JetSkier]

Camelbak with 2 litres of water.

[+The Leprechauns]

I'm with Tahosa on this one. I carry a Camelbak MULE with 100 ounces of water (or less, for shorter hikes), and I leave a nice big bottle of lemon lime Gatorade in the ice chest back at the Cachemobile. It's like a reward to have a cup of that Gatorade after the cache hunt. I will save my favorite soda, Mountain Dew, for lunchtime or when I get home. Finally, what truly amazes me is how much I've cut beer out of my diet since I started geocaching. The Ancient Order of Hibernians may be asking for my membership card back!

 

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Some mornings, it just doesn't pay to chew through the leather straps. - Emo Phillips

[Tikiroy]

Nothin' but water on the trail, and lots of it...We hike a lot in the Guadalupe Mountains of West Texas, where there is no water to speak of. But back in the car, there's no better refreshment than a Fanta Orange Soda, while the misses loves Ginger Ale...Gatorade Orange and Blue Ice are the substitutes...Good Stuff Maynard!!

[+DustyJacket]

Water. Enough to keep me hydrated.

Not so much that I have to pee all the time.

 

Unless I am in the city, I cache with my camelbak.

 

DustyJacket

Not all those that wander are lost. But in my case...

[+Team GPSaxophone]

Mountain Dew or H2O

 

[Cache Canucks]

Bottled water for day-hikes. If the pack-humping involves a couple of days or more in the boonies (ie: using water 'from source' that you treat/filter yourself as you go along), I make sure to pack along some powdered Gatorade to mix in and take the edge off any 'odd' taste that the treated water may have (that, and the Gatorade helps to replenish lost electrolytes). Another trick for 'Day +' hikes is to pack a whole lemon along for the trip; you cut a wedge off of the lemon at the start of each day's hike and let it slosh around all day in whatever container you use to carry your drinking water in (the 'hint o'lemon' taste from the wedge will last the whole day and is *just* enough to give a bit of zing to your water).

 

Although I enjoy a frosty 'apres hike' Coke as much as the next person, I steer clear of sodas/pop during a hike (not the best thing to be drinking if your aim is to keep yourself hydrated while on the trail).

[+briansnat]

In the summer I fill my Platypus and throw it in the freezer the day before.

 

When I take it out, it's a large block of ice. It seems to melt throughout the day at the same rate I need water and it's always ice cold.

 

Apres caching, it's a frosty Guinness Stout in the winter and a cold HeineCan in the summer.

 

"It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues" -Abraham Lincoln

 

[This message was edited by BrianSnat on May 07, 2003 at 03:15 AM.]

[+st_richardson]

I'm a big fan of Camelbaks. I use to carry a 32 oz bottle and not even drink all of it. Now I almost always down the entire 70 oz. It's so much more convenient.

[+Markwell]

quote:

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Originally posted by nincehelser:

Dihydrogen Monoxide.

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Haven't you heard? That stuff can be nasty.

 

Markwell

Chicago Geocaching

[+The Cheeseheads]

quote:

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Originally posted by Markwell:

Haven't you heard? That stuff can be nasty.

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LOL! We're doing lab audits this week. I passed that link to a few people warning them to be on the lookout and that I've heard that people have been dumping undiluted DHMO straight down the drain!

 

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Wisconsin Geocaching Association

[+flask]

tap water out of a camelbak.

 

if working hard, gatorade every hour or so.

 

on my bike i drink water every 5 minutes, and gatorade every 15. one big swallow. i have to pee a lot, but i'm well-hydrated.

 

it doesn't matter if you get to camp at one or at six. dinner is still at six.