Update from Winnipeg
Aug 12th, 2010 by admin
I start from the west side of Winnipeg today. 42 kilometres per day is, relatively speaking, a piece of cake; it’s the incredible heat (high 20s, low 30s), combined with very high humidity (or the “sweat factor”, as they call it on the weather reports) that’s the really brutal part. In the exact same way that the ‘wind chill’ factor can make 5 above feel like 5 below, with the sweat factor calculated in, the temperature on a couple of recent days was 40!!! I’m seriously looking forward to fall/winter weather.
As always, time is very limited…so I’ll sign off for now. Thank you — ALL OF YOU — again, for you awesome support.
Wow Errol. Be sure to drink a lot. a lot. a lot. And don’t kill yourself taking on more than the human body can sustain. You should have an air conditioned motor home. Are people not donating at all along the way? Is the world crazy?
Check out this genius Irish teen smoking campaign!!!!
http://www.teensarestupid.ie/
And I assume that you are following the Smober Up Campaign. I hope so, because all of these things should give you some hope. Google it. It’s about 8 Canadians quitting smoking. Sponsored by Nicorette, which has some commenters complaining, but, given the fact that nicotine replacement products are regulated so much more harshly than tobacco products, given the fact that nicotine replacement products are seriously recommended in the medical guidelines for tobacco cessation, given the fact that NRT should always be judged in comparison to ongoing smoking, and given the fact that my clients have benefitted hugely from the use of NRT, I am thrilled with the campaign. I’m going to go to their Facebook page to talk about your journey right now.
Be proud. You’re better than most humans.
Wow, I’m glad you made it through that incredible heat and humidity. And now it’s cold and windy!