When we, the wife and I, rolled in 3 degree waters, we had thick fleece hats on, that kept water out of our ears even. Jonas Rappe and his friend seem to not have anything like that on - but should have! Many years ago I dipped my head in a stream to cool down, and that water was just a few degree over freezing, being fed from a nearby snowfield, and that was really scary. The cold, it felt like, held my head as it was compressed in a vice - really nasty! Pounding headache and dizzy, it took many minutes before I felt normal again! Had I dipped in that stream I'm not sure I would have survived it. I was very fit then, if not as lean as mr Rappe. Tord *************************************************************************** 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 Sun Apr 01 2007 - 13:06:13 PDT
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