Craig Further to your campaign to explore the effectiveness of changing the simple official message that wearing a pfd / life-jacket will save some cold-water boating deaths... Interesting to see some research being done in a branch of cold-water sport that may have escaped our attention. This is from the professional (U of Manitoba) website for Dr Giesbrecht (the guy behind the Cold Water Boot Camp videos). http://www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/kinrec/research/people/giesbrecht.html Getting That Sinking Feeling - The importance of proper outerwear to keep you afloat and alive when snowmobiling (Low Res - 3.8 MB) (High Res - 123 MB) Best Regards Paul Hayward, Auckland, New Zealand *************************************************************************** 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 Mon Feb 14 2011 - 21:11:08 PST
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