RE: [Paddlewise] Cold and skills

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Joe P.
>Sent: 21 May 2010 16:48
>To: Paddlewise
>Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Cold and skills
>"   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.  "

Greetings, from mid-England - and with no rain :-).

On the face of it, could this simply be a combination of shock (or severe
surprise :-) ) and unfamiliar exercise? Some novice paddlers have talked to
me of sleeping well and deeply without having had the swim .. and after less
than an hour's paddling on the river ..

Thanks for the interesting re-threading ;-) and Regards

Gillies
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