Re: new sports: extreme hiking

From: Damien Broderick (d.broderick@english.unimelb.edu.au)
Date: Sat Aug 26 2000 - 20:51:10 MDT


At 06:35 PM 26/08/00 -0700, Spike wrote:

>I have already begun to plan an optimal strategy.
>I need is a thobe, one
>of those flowing white thingies that the sheik-ey type Saudi
>Arabians wear in the desert. Then I need to figure out a way to
>carry about 30-35 pounds

Is an Arakis still-suit permissible? In fact, is such a thing yet
technically feasible? I assume this would be a closed garment that used
incident and body heat to evaporate sweat, capture it (and urine) and
somehow sequester the wastes, returning warm water via a mouth tube,
capillary flow presumably powered by the motion of the limbs.

Damien Broderick



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