From: "Craig MacKinnon" <elroca_at_earthlink.net> > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "gordin warner" <hmgwarner_at_shaw.ca> > snip > >If you don't have immersion gear when paddling in cold water - > > don't go further offshore then you can swim in freezing water. > snip > > which is probably not that far. For anyone interested, check out: > [...] I once took a skinny dip in a pool in John's Brook in the Adirondacks during an early spring backpacking trip. It was unusually warm (>20C) for that time of year, but the water was snow melt coming down the mountain and wasn't much above freezing. I jumped in, and started swimming for a rock in mid-stream about 25-30 feet away. I barely made it. My muscles locked up and were useless little more than halfway across. I sat on the rock in the fetus position and shivered in the sun, wondering how I was going to get back! Believe me, freezing water can disable you very, very quickly if you're not dressed for it. I rather doubt that street clothes are much better than naked in those conditions. Mike PS - I got of the rock and back to shore when I saw a troop of Girl Guides hiking up the trail towards me! *************************************************************************** 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 Tue Feb 05 2002 - 07:26:46 PST
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