Lest you think this is restricted to Massachusetts, I once had a class in Charleston, SC in mid May in which one of the students got so chilled from the obligatory wet exit at the start of class that he did not continue the course. He was appropriately dressed and did the exit willingly when I explained why I thought it was needed. He was 70+ years old. Steve Nick Schade wrote: > I think the prospect of swimming in less than 55 degree water would > dissuade most people from signing up for the trip even if they were > promised instant teleportation to a sauna. Many of these people don't > even want to get their feet wet while getting into their boats - full > submersion is out of the question. This is not to say that it wouldn't > be beneficial and improve safety, but it is pretty tough as a business > model: We will bring you out to see beautiful things, but we first want > to attempt to drown you and bring you to the verge of hypothermia. *************************************************************************** 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 Jun 12 2007 - 08:56:57 PDT
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