Daily Update 4.4 Week 7: Module 4: Date 3/15/13 Now that we have learned about calories and what they are composed of we need to figure out how many we need to ingest. The Harris-Benedict equation was developed for just this situation. The Harris-Benedict equation was created in 1919 by two professors. This equation uses […]
Nighttime shifts have become everyone’s unanimous favorite. In the same breath, they can also be the most terrifying. Either way, they seem to be the most consistently awe-inspiring. In calm weather, any fear of night abates with the stillness. The first stars arrive as pinpoints in the sky, and yet long after the sun has set, the haze of daylight […]
Days of sea anchor… Nighttime rowing… Nighttime philosophy… Ocean rower’s jetlag. Beneath starry skies on a moonless night, the waves seem to me as if the cortex of my brain had become flattened and unraveled. No longer a mass of critical thinking, but a pelagic soup, as thoughts float freely and unbound to any logic. The silly […]
Daily Update 4.3 Week 7: Module 4: Date 3/14/13 Calories are made up of fat, protein and carbohydrates. Each of these has a different ratio of grams to calories as can be seen in the image below.
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Daily Education Update 4.2 Calories
Daily Update 4.2 Week 7: Module 4: Date 3/13/13 Yesterday we talked about an affliction that sometimes causes you to expel the contents of your stomach. For the next few days we are going to learn about the food the crew is consuming and how they ensure they have enough energy to row across the […]