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I'm about to have to spend a few days working like a bastard in the sun. Last year, doing the same job, I gave myself quite annoying heatstroke - stopped sweating, started shivering, brain went a bit squiffy and had very annoying muscle cramps the following nights. This happened both days we baled. |
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Buy a wide brimmed straw hat, if you don't have one already. It'll make a bigger difference than you probably think. |
>> | No. 4542
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Good call, thanks. Last year, I had a baseball cap, which was foul. This year I'm rocking a bucket hat, which should be better. Might well try to find a straw hat as well - but horses will probably eat it, Bastards already tend to nibble at the bucket hat. Probably tastes like a salt lick... |
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Obligatory "not a doctor" warning. |
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Avoid caffeine, as it significantly increases your risk of heat exhaustion. Wear a bandana and neckerchief, stick a jerry can full of cold water in the tractor and keep yourself soaking wet. If you're not used to working in the heat, your body won't produce enough sweat to regulate your body temperature. If you can, try and spend a day or two in the heat before you start the job, as it'll give you more chance to acclimatise. Try and pace your effort as much as possible - you'll produce less heat working at a steady rate than in bursts of hard effort. |
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baled2.jpg Thanks, lads. Looks like I got away without heat exhaustion this year - a bit of cramping but nothing too annoying, and today's run was as close to painless as a day of brutal exercise in the sun can get. This bird was with me pretty much all day, hovering and dropping in to murder wounded creatures. |
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Also, the advice against caffeinated drinks. Probably good for people without a raging coffee / tea / diet coke habit - but that's not me. Going back on the diet coke was an improvement. |
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