Whenever I see the news of someone surviving in BC's cold water after falling overboard and surviving atypical lengths of time in that water, they are inevitably rotund individuals. It either means heavy people survive better, or it could mean heavier people are the ones who always fall overboard. Maybe they just float better. Mike doesn't usually make a post unless his facts are dead on. I'll have to look up some current research to see what body mass indexes and fitness levels predict for cold water immersion outcomes. Certainly those men with chiseled figures and great abs do better on the beach with the chicks. :-) Doug L > Mike, > > fitness might be OK for getting back into your kayak. It is good for > survival skills and covering distances. It might be good for almost > everything we do at cold waters. But I have very strong suspicions that > the discussions about fat versus skills do not actually matter so much. > Rappe was probably many ways skilled and in perfect physical condition. > > Best, > > Ari *************************************************************************** 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 Thu Mar 29 2007 - 16:30:24 PDT
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