There are many examples of adaptions on cold water. Remember the man diving 50metre in icy water (in siberia) without any kind of suit, only normal bathing clothes. All the ice swimmer especially in scandinavia and rusia. They open a hole in ice on rivers or seas and went in the water for a few minutes every day. With that treatment they never get ill over decades. All the british channels swimmers, liek the mentioned woman, order a special fat from a local drug store with special receipe. ALL channel swimmers wo met the regulations, need this fat and the skin. Extra fat unter the skin is another part of the story. Theese days, I´m reading "Anangula",the story of this german man, paddling in ´94 on the outer Aleuts. OK, strange guy and extremely exaggerating on all kayaking parts, but he uses also an easy kind of adaption. He mentioned the strategy of theAleuts. OK, do they had another chance, the Tlingit...? You may activate some reserves with autogenic training or yoga. I shower me each morning with cold water (in winter really nasty cold) after the normal warm shower. Each time its little bit easier for me. aso... But each time, your body hits the cold water, its pure stress. And there is no guaranty your body always stand the provement on cold water all the time. Because, we´re only human. What Joe P. writes is also true. You can´t beat the facts. But I think, you could get better chances in dealing with cold water. And even minutes with longer ability to movement can save ones life.Have a look in Fritdjof Nansens story "in night & ice" or what it is called in english, where he swim behind their kayaks with nothing on and get them back. *************************************************************************** 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 Mar 18 2003 - 14:38:43 PST
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