Re: RC: Re: RE: electrolyting on the trail

[hikryrdg <hikryrdg@evansville.net>]

Take black electricians tape and put it over the ends of the tubes or the
cap. 
It comes off very easy, yet keeps all in place in the fanney pack while going
down the trail.  Jerry
>I've been using empty wormer tubes.  The caps have stayed on pretty well. 
>Had the plunger end come off in my pack once - applesauce everywhere.  But
>the large tubes work great.
>
>Cel
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>> From: Susan Swope-Attardi <Nagzarus@worldnet.att.net>
>> To: Rides 2 Far <rides2far@juno.com>; mountss@usfca.edu
>> Cc: ridecamp@endurance.net
>> Subject: RC:  RE: electrolyting on the trail
>> Date: Wednesday, June 14, 2000 1:09 AM
>> 
>> I have had trouble getting the caps to stay on the syringes.  Purely by
>> accident, I discovered something that works even better than the caps
>that
>> come on the syringes we tend to use in endurance.  Anybody that uses the
>> Dare brand electric fence posts knows of the little yellow caps that come
>on
>> the end of the stakes upon purchase.  They make an awesome cap for those
>> syringes for on the trail, or at vet checks for the lytes you've already
>> pre-mixed!  The buggers stay on much better than the ones that come with
>the
>> syringe!
>> 
>> I like the pre-mixed Lyte Now brand, but at $6-$7 a dose, it certainly is
>> expensive.
>> 
>> Susan Swope-Attardi
>> AERC Southeast Region
>> Kentucky
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Rides 2 Far [<mailto:rides2far@juno.com%5D>mailto:rides2far@juno.com]
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2000 11:38 AM
>> To: mountss@usfca.edu
>> Cc: ridecamp@endurance.net
>> Subject: RC: electrolyting on the trail
>> 
>> 
>> >With all the discussion of the importance of frequent electrolyte
>> >doses, I>wonder if people would discuss how they handle the logistics
>> of>administering electrolytes on the trail?  If you don't use pre-mixed
>> >paste>electrolytes, what do you do?
>> 
>> I was carrying an empty syringe and a film canister of
>> electrolytes...then mixing with water on the trail.  It was the pits,
>> difficult to mix with him dragging me around, and he spit most of it out.
>>  Last ride I just mixed up my usual dose in applesauce, put the cap on,
>> then put the whole thing inside a baggie in case it leaked.  Rode with it
>> sticking out the back of my fanny pack and had no trouble administering
>> it on the trail.
>> 
>> Angie
>> 
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