Kubanda Kangakanani Ukugijima Ngaphandle?

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Uma abagijimi belinde isimo sezulu esifanele ukuthi singene, besingaze sigijime. Isimo sezulu yinto nje abantu abazilolongela ngaphandle abafunda ukubhekana nayo. (Ukugijimela emakhazeni kungaba kuhle nakuwe.) Kepha kunesimo sezulu esibi bese kuba khona kubi isimo sezulu, ikakhulukazi ebusika. Futhi ukwazi umehluko kungasindisa impilo yakho.

Ubona kanjani-ke uma kubanda kakhulu ukuthi ungagijima uphumele ngaphandle? I-wind chill factor iyinkomba engcono kakhulu, kusho uBrian Schulz, MD, udokotela ohlinzayo wamathambo nochwepheshe wemithi yezemidlalo eKerlan-Jobe Orthopedic Clinic eLos Angeles. "Ukugodola komoya" noma "umuzwa wangempela" ileya nombolo encane evame ukufakwa ohlwini eduze kwezinga lokushisa langempela esibikezelweni. Kucabangela izimo ezinjengejubane lomoya nomswakama ukubala ubungozi beqhwa esikhunjeni sakho esingenalutho. Futhi kubalulekile ngoba umoya ususa umoya ofudumele kude nomzimba wakho futhi umswakama uzoqhubeka upholise isikhumba sakho, kukwenze ubande masinyane kakhulu kunokushisa kwomoya okungasikisela, kuchaza uSchulz. Yisho ukuthi i-thermometer ifundeka ngama-36 degrees Fahrenheit; uma umoya obandayo uthi ama-degree angu-20, isikhumba sakho esiveziwe sizoba yiqhwa njengokungathi singama-degree angu-20-umehluko obalulekile kunoma ubani ophuma ngaphandle isikhathi esingaphezu kwemizuzu embalwa.

"Azikho ngempela izimpawu zokuxwayiswa yiqhwa-ngesikhathi ozibonayo ngaso, usuvele usenkingeni," esho, enezela ngokuthi izandla, ikhala, izinzwane nezindlebe zakho kuthinteka ikakhulu ngenxa yokuthi zikude kangakanani kusuka engqimbeni yomzimba wakho (nokushisa komzimba wakho okuningi). Kungakho encoma ukuhlala ezindlini uma umoya opholile wehla ngaphansi kweqhwa. (Sinezindlela ezi-8 Zokuhlala Sifudumele Ngesikhathi Sokugijima Kwakho Ebusika.)

Kodwa i-frostbite akuyona ukuphela kokukhathazeka kwakho. Umoya obandayo nokomile wasebusika uthinta umzimba wakho ngezindlela eziningi. Isibonelo, kungazizwa kunzima ukuphefumula ngoba amaphaphu akho kufanele asebenze kanzima ukufudumeza umoya njengoba uhogela. Futhi inhliziyo yakho kungadingeka isebenze kanzima futhi njengoba usebenzisa amandla amaningi ukuze ufudumale futhi yenza umsebenzi wakho.

"Yazi ukuthi ukuzivocavoca kwakho ngeke kuzizwe ngendlela efanayo [njengoba bekunesimo sezulu esifudumele]," kusho uSchulz. "Kuzokuthatha isikhathi eside ukwenza umzila ofanayo futhi uzozizwa unzima futhi udinga ukuhlelela lokho," uyanezela.

I-Hypothermia kanye nokuphelelwa amandla kwamanzi kuyingozi kubantu abathanda ngaphandle nganoma yisiphi isikhathi sonyaka (yebo, ngisho nasehlobo!), Kepha kuyisongo esikhulu ebusika, kusho uJeff Alt, ongungoti nomlobi ongaphandle. (Lapha, Izeluleko Ezingu-4 Zokugwema Ukuphela Kwamanzi Ebusika.) Indlela enhle yokugwema zonke lezo zingcuphe ukugqoka ngokufanele isimo sezulu, kusho u-Alt. Ukuthi uzizwa ungenakunqotshwa ezikhashaneni zakho ozithandayo akusho ukuthi kungumbono omuhle ukuzigqoka ngeqhwa, noma ngabe awuzizwa ubanda kakhulu. Esikhundleni salokho, uncoma ukuthi ugqoke isendlalelo esiyisisekelo esizosusa umjuluko emzimbeni wakho, ungqimba olumaphakathi lokufudumala, nolwelwesi oluphezulu olungazweli emanzini. Futhi ungakhohlwa isigqoko namagilavu.

Izicathulo ezifanele zibalulekile, kusho u-Alt. Izicathulo ezilungiselelwe ubusika zizokugcina uzinzile eqhweni naseqhweni. I-Yak Ttrax ($ 39.99; yaktrax.com) iyindlela enhle yokuguqula okwesikhashana noma yimaphi ama-sneakers abe izicathulo zeqhwa.

Udinga futhi ukuthi uzilungiselele isimo sezulu esishintsha ngokushesha, u-Alt uyanezela. Uthi: "Izinto ezincane zingasheshe zibe izinkinga ezinkulu ngaphandle," esho. Ngakho-ke hlola isibikezelo bese uhlela imizila ekugcina useduze nekhaya noma imoto yakho ukuze ukwazi ukubuyela endaweni yokukhosela ngokushesha uma kudingeka. Futhi qiniseka ukushiya inothi elisho ukuthi uyaphi nokuthi uhlela ukubuya nini ukuze abantu obathandayo bakwazi ukukuhlola uma ungabuyanga ngesikhathi.

Iseluleko sokugcina futhi mhlawumbe esibaluleke kakhulu, ngokusho kochwepheshe bobabili-ukusebenzisa ingqondo yakho evamile. "Uma kubuhlungu futhi ungakhululekile, nqamula ukujima kwakho bese ubuyela ngaphakathi, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi i-thermometer ithini," kusho uSchulz. (Uyaphuma lapho? Landela lawa Amathiphu Wokugijima Kwesimo Sezulu Esibandayo aphuma kubagijimi be-Elite Marathoners.)

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