-- And it's still a 29 degree temperature differential so you're certainly losing heat to your surrondings. When I lived in Florida I did a lot of scuba diving in the N. Fla springs, which typically ran over 70 degree temps. Without a wet suit (bare body), 20 minutes was about my maximum before I began to shiver. Wet suits helped a lot. Point is, as you all know from looking at the charts, all higher temps do is stretch the time until you gecome hypothermic. Instead, consider it a given to be planned for... Joe P. -----Original Message----- >From: PeterO >Not cold at all - 70deg F > >But in judging this, its body core temperature, the fuel that maintains it >and the clothing and layers of fat that insulate the body core, that matters >most to me. I'd had a good breakfast, was wearing five layers - rashie, >polartec vest, waterproof vest, wetsuit, cag and PFD. After about a couple >of hours activity in the water I was shivering and losing coordination. *************************************************************************** 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 May 20 2010 - 08:18:05 PDT
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