Steve ... Perhaps I've missed the point. To me the issue with hypothermia is the fact that one cannot function after a short period of time - that's the critical point - not the total amount of time till you expire. sid Michael Bradley writes about hypothermia: >In addition, because they're made of neoprene, the act >as a pfd should the need arise > (at least for the 15 minutes or so before you die...). > even in nearly frozen water it takes the average skinny paddler at least an hour to die! =:-o) I did a hypothermia seminar a few years back and this whacky professor from Canada, eh? <forget his name, eh?> subjected many subjects <mostly college students, go figure> to different submersion scenerios. Interestingly enough, even in ice cube water it takes a long time <60 minutes or so> to actually die. If you carry *any* body fat at all the time actually grows quite rapidly. Fat is GOOD! and it FLOATS! ______________________________________________ *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ *************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Mar 06 2000 - 19:21:34 PST
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