[Ansteorra] Fw: [Announcements] Waterbearing proposal request forcomments

[Richard Threlkeld]

Heat stroke is rare in Ansteorra and most kingdoms. That is good because
heat stroke is a potentially fatal condition. We do get quite a few heat
exhaustion cases. These are rarely reported as the fighter, observer,
whatever, generally either recognizes the problem and rests or is told by
someone they trust they need to rest and take on fluids. Chirurgeons and
Marshals are rarely officially involved.

The stellar record (any record in Ansteorra is stellar by definition :-) is
due to a large degree to the training and culture of the Ansteorran fighters
and participants. We understand the need for hydration and take it
seriously. Many fighters are serious athletes and behave accordingly. But it
is also greatly due to the hard work of our waterbearers who make sure safe,
palatable water (and often other things) is available, prominently
displayed, and convenient. They remind us when our attention might be so
focused we forget. Hopefully, they don't force feed anyone anything, but
gentle reminders are often effective.

Caelin

-----Original Message-----
From: ansteorra-bounces at lists.ansteorra.org
[mailto:ansteorra-bounces at lists.ansteorra.org] On Behalf Of Jean Paul de
Sens
Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 14:52 PM
To: Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc.
Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] Fw: [Announcements] Waterbearing proposal request
forcomments

On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 12:41 PM, Owen Van Meter <ovanoff57 at clearwire.net>
wrote:

> Serve yourself  is fine but what about the people who have gotten the
> reputation of having to be basicly force fed the water and other items.
You
> know the type I mean - the ones that winning is all that matters even if
it
> means falling out from the heat and ending up at the hospital.
> Just a thought to consider.
>
>                                            Ld. Griffin Van Meteren
>

I'm sorry, but I've yet to meet such a person (wants to win so bad they get
heat stroke).  Could you introduce me to him/her?  And for the record, there
have been no heat related marshallate "injuries" reported in the kingdom
over the last two years.  There have been fighters who've bowed out of a
fight, or withdrawn themselves due to the heat, but most of them were able
to recognize either by themselves, or through the words of their
friends/family that they needed to give themselves relief.

Jean Paul

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Qui miex fait, meix vault.
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