Know anything about sweat lodges?

[willow]

Does any one know what kind of rocks to use (heat) for a sweat lodge? I heard that river rock is good and I want to find something that won't explode. Thanks for your help.

willow Reviewed by willow on 10-19-2004. Know anything about sweat lodges? Does any one know what kind of rocks to use (heat) for a sweat lodge? I heard that river rock is good and I want to find something that won't explode. Thanks for your help. Rating: 5

[shogun]

We always use volcanic rock, they split, but don't explode. I'd be cautious about some river rock, since it's not all the same.

[SomeDude]

I don't know about sweat lodges, but I do know from using rocks to contain camp fires that you shouldn't heat any rock that could have water soaked into the pores to a high temp, because the water inside can vaporize and explode the rock. That means rocks from any body of water are out, and in general I steer clear of a rock that is on the shore of a body of water. You might be ok with some of these rocks, depending on how porous they are, but I had a rock that seemed to be non-porous explode once.

[RESiNATE]

I had a rock that seemed to be non-porous explode once.

cool...was it like "DUCK!!!" lmaoo

What the fuck is a sweat lodge?

Oh, hang on, I think I just answered my own question...duh!
Why not get hold of some storage heater blocks?

[RESiNATE]

BTW, as the general level of spelling on this site is poor (I include myself lol), are you sure you didn't mean 'sweet lozenge'? lol
;p