Show YOUR YOUR HEART AND ANDi i VACATION I FUN Summertime vacation plans conjure up visions of long days spent relaxing on the bank or of a stream waiting for the fish to bite Release from tensions and pressures of the work day world are the best prescription for a vacation OTHER PLANS might include mountain climbing water skiing skiing ski ski- ing boating swimming horseback horseback horse horse- back riding dancing S San a n d- d between all this activity will be food and sleep Getting to your vacation is half the battle but getting back might present a number of problems lems says the Utah Heart Asso- Asso elation I THOSE WHO have slogged up I steep and rugged trails through scrubby undergrowth to a lake or stream at timberline know what we mean Take the case of Bill who made his way up tortuous trails and over steep rocky terrain only to die in the attempt I cant can't understand it mourned his friend We fished this stream for years Bill just lived to get up there sweat his way up that trail Nothing like it when youve you've been shut up in the office BILLS BILL'S DOCTOR filled in the picture He was 50 pounds overweight soft he smoked too much ate too much drank too much and his blood pressure was classic skyhigh candidate for a coronary The doctor had advised Bill the prevIous winter to change his livIng habits slow slowdown slowdown down but Bill thought a few days in his old mountain haunts would get him back in shape in inno inno no time Tom Is another story He had a second chance alter after hIs heart attack He had assumed his fishing days were over but buta a newspaper Item cast a ray or of hope According to the Utah Heart Association he read previous victims of heart attack attack at- at tack may still enjoy the pleasures pleasures pleas pleas- ures of hunting and fishing Your physIcIan is the man to judge whether you can take the rigors of any trip you may plan With his approval plus prudence and self restraint you may enjoy your trip safely TOM CHECKED with his doctor doe doc tor told him how high and how far he planned to hike and the kind of terrain involved After a thorough physical examination he was gIven clearance along with some sound ad advice v 1 c e. e A healthy friend agreed to go along The friend checked with Toms Tom's doctor and hIs 10 local c a 1 Heart Association supervised the packing of duffel bags making making mak- mak ing sure there was proper clothing clothing cloth cloth- I ing for the cool and often suddenly suddenly sud- sud denly wet high country as wen well wenas as a supply of necessary medi- medi He was briefed fed on on the symptoms of an I impending heart attack how to recognize one and what hat to do for the victim He made his own pr preparations and arrangements ments to secure medical medical medi- medi cal help in an emergency PACING themselves sensibly ly to give their hearts time to adjust to the thInner mountain mountainaIr aIr the campers reached theIr destination In good shape The rest is a fish story |