The other factor contributing to hypothermia with Military personel and athletic types is the lack of body fat. You can take a highly tuned, athletic body and a chubby outta shape couch 'tater and put 'em out in the cold. Guess who wins? I did a MTV kayak photo shoot with Gabrielle Reese a couple years back and watched her go from warm and bubbly to cold and shivering in the 5 hours it took to get the footage we needed. She went into denial as I layered her up with my spare poly. Yep, I still got that poly! I, on the other hand was warm as ever. Steve <body fat _at_ 25%>Scherrer aldercreek.com *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Jan 01 2001 - 09:47:05 PST
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