| Wearing glasses just is not an option when you are | | | | prescription contact lenses to store in your outdoor |
| participating in outdoor adventure sports. You will | | | | survival gear. Lenses can come out, especially during |
| need to get prescription contact lenses for these | | | | rigorous activity, and if this happens when you are on |
| activities. You won't be able to get them at your | | | | the side of a cliff there will be no turning back to find |
| favorite outdoor gear store. You will need to visit | | | | it. The worst case would be not having an extra pair |
| your eye doctor and ask for a prescription for them | | | | of contacts and being unable to see. This could cause |
| because you are participating in your sport and the | | | | a very dangerous situation for you and for the |
| glasses just aren't working out for you. Your doctor | | | | others you are climbing with. Having an extra pair in |
| will be happy to comply. | | | | your survival kit is the perfect solution for mishaps |
| Once you get your lenses, don't stash them away in | | | | such as this. |
| your sports equipment storage bins just because you | | | | You can use two week disposable lenses for your |
| got them for the sport. You will need to wear them | | | | outdoor sporting. This is a less alternative option, not |
| in order to get used to them. Otherwise you will | | | | only for your extra pair to take along but for the |
| have a much harder time of it when you first put | | | | contacts that you will wear on your trip. If you |
| them in and try to climb the side of a mountain or | | | | happen to lose one or two of them, it won't be such |
| raft your way through the rocky white waters. It's | | | | a costly loss if you are wearing disposables. Talk to |
| not a good idea to think that because you have | | | | your eye doctor about these, they are available for |
| been wearing glasses you don't need to get used to | | | | most prescriptions now. |
| the contacts. You do. | | | | It wasn't long ago that people with astigmatism could |
| Even after you have gotten used to wearing your | | | | not wear soft or disposable contact lenses. Recently, |
| contacts, you still don't want to keep them packed | | | | however, there has been a new type of soft lens |
| up with your tree climbing gear or ice climbing gear. | | | | developed just for people with astigmatism. So if you |
| Your eyes will continue to readjust themselves to | | | | have avoided your love of outdoor adventure |
| whatever corrective lenses you are using frequently. | | | | sporting because you have astigmatism and couldn't |
| Make sure to wear your lenses frequently for a | | | | do it with your eyeglasses, you now have more |
| couple of weeks before a tree climbing or ice climbing | | | | options. Talk with your eye doctor about these |
| trip so that your eyes will have a chance to fully | | | | recent developments and your options for |
| adjust to them properly. | | | | prescription contact lenses and get sporting! |
| It is a good idea to have a second pair of | | | | |