[Paddlewise] hypothermia gets another

FRANCE -- Jacques LeFevrier left nothing to chance when he decided to
commit suicide.  He stood at the top of a tall cliff and tied a noose
around his neck.  He tied the other end of the rope to a large rock. He
drank  some poison and set fire to his clothes.  He even tried to shoot
himself at the last moment. He jumped and fired the pistol.  The bullet
missed  him completely and cut through the rope above him. Free of the
threat of  hanging, he plunged into the sea. The sudden dunking
extinguished the flames  and made him vomit the poison.  He was dragged out
of the water by a kind  fisherman and was taken to hospital, where he died
of hypothermia.


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Rocky Mtn Sea Kayak Club, Colorado River Flows, Poudre Paddlers
The Colorado Paddlers' Resource, Rocky Mtn Canoe Club Trip Page 
--
Some points to remember [about animals]:

1.	Don't go to sleep under big animals, e.g., elephants,
	rhinoceri, hippopotamuses;
2.	Don't put animals with sharp teeth or poisonous fangs down the
	front of your clothes;
3.	Don't pat certain animals, e.g., crocodiles and scorpions or
	dogs you have just kicked.
		-- Mike Harding, "The Armchair Anarchist's Almanac"



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