-- Now having joined the ranks of the er, subcutaneous thermal insulation enhanced, I;m not so much susceptible to hypothermia as I once was. But I want to raise another question in the midst of all this. Teaching paddling around this time of year I will occasionally have a student in the drink. I often hear subsequently that once they got home they would go into a period of deep sleep, not necessarily one of exhaustion, and it takes them some time to get back to normal. This last Saturday I had a student who took a long swim on a broad river at 60 deg F. He was fine then and happily paddled another two miles to the takeout. Good on the way back, too. But yesterday he mentioned that he'd spent a lot of the last few days sleeping, and just never felt active during that period -- even had doubts about being able to perform this coming weekend. So, is this a common observation of what happens after a hypothermic challenge? Joe P. -----Original Message----- >On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 3:44 AM, Dave Kruger <kdruger_at_pacifier.com> wrote: >> Fat people (what's this "solidly built" euphemism stuff, anyway?) are >> better survivors in cold water for their blubber. >> >Bless you!!! :D >*************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** 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 Fri May 21 2010 - 08:47:52 PDT
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