On Wednesday 27 June 2007 20:09, Chuck wrote: > A Wisconsin kayaker died of hypothermia yesterday after capsizing in > Lake Superior. He appears to have capsized in Squaw Bay between the > Squaw Bay caves and Meyers Beach in the Apostle Islands National > Lakeshore. The water temperature was reported to be 42 degrees F. > Neither the kayaker nor his companion, who also capsized trying to > rescue him and just barely survived, was wearing a wetsuit nor, > apparently, a dry suit. Appauling that they didn't have dry suits, or something similar, in such cold waters! And warm caps, and warm gloves! And it seem the poor guy (my age) didn't have his PFD on when he was found! On the to-bring-with-us list I would have added basic emergency gear, like flares, but clothing comes first and foremost! 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 Wed Jun 27 2007 - 14:41:48 PDT
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