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Hiking in the extreme heat of Arizona has intense effects on your body as my weather producer and I discovered while hiking Piestewa Peak during the hottest time of day Thursday.
Before heading up the mountain, Phoenix Fire Department advised us to hydrate 24 hours prior to the hike, and continue to hydrate afterwards.
"Most people are behind the eight-ball before they even get going," said Hugh Chase with the Phoenix Fire Department. "You can't hydrate right before a hike, you have to be in good shape before you get into conditions like this because these conditions are going to tax the even the best people in condition."
Other precautions involved taking a heart rate monitor and attaching it to my torso to make sure I wouldn’t push myself too hard.
"Once you start up this mountain, you're going to notice your heart rate is going to jump up to 120, 130, 140," said Chase.
But that’s considered normal. In fact, everybody’s ideal aerobic heart rate is based on his or her age.
I'm 34-years-old and need to aim for a heart rate of 120 to 150.
"When you're up on the mountain and your heart rate is 160, 170, you're going to be feeling it," added Chase.
"We’re 2-minutes into the hike, and it’s 102.7," I said after stopping at the first turn of the trail on Piestewa. "I’ve got the most important things, water, keys, thermometer, heart rate monitor and my heart rate is at 152."
It's not a number to be concerned with at this point, but it is something that needed to be monitored.
Temperatures around the Valley never peaked above 105 as a result from the smoke and cloud cover caused by the Ethan Fire burning near Laveen, but even in these cooler temperatures, it didn’t take long for the stress of the hike to set in.
"We’re sweating," I said, but a bigger concern, "I’m getting goose bumps which probably isn’t a good sign." My heart rate rose to 160.
Good news when hiking or exercising is sweat.
Problems emerge when the body stops.
"Half way up the mountain they realize, ‘I’m not sweating, I’m starting to feel nauseous, I feel like I’m weak and I’m tired. Those are all signs that you’re dehydrated and now you’re moving toward heat stroke," said Chase.
Thirty minutes into the hike, Weather Producer Shannon Richards struggled to continue.
"You hike this all the time in the winter, what’s the problem today?" I asked her after stopping in the middle of the trail.
"I don’t know, Bill. It’s tiring. This was my story pitch and I thought I could do it. We’re not even half way and I’ve stopped, what? Five, six times?"
"Are you feeling nauseous?"
Richards responded, "Not nauseous. I got dizzy a little earlier."
Chase said when you’re hiking you need to listen to your body.
If it’s telling you to slow down and rest, then do it as you make your way towards the top.
After nearly an hour of hiking, we both barely passed the halfway point.
I ran out of water and began feeling dizzy.
"I don’t have my cell phone, sun’s been trying to come back out," I said. "I’m huffin’, and puffin’, starting to feel a little dizzy. And the steepest part of the hike is yet to come and with no water, [it’s] time to go."
"When you’re an average guy working out, you don’t want to push it too hard," said Chase.
Swallow your pride and rest if you’re feeling like you’re pushing too hard. It’s not worth getting sick.
Chase also said to go up with a cell phone and make sure you tell somebody where you’re going.
This way somebody knows where you are in case of an emergency.
Finally, if you’re going to hike this summer, do it in the morning when it’s cooler.
At ABC15, we want to make sure you understand the dangers of our heat and we hope you have a safe summer.
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