It would be interesting, in fact imperative, to determine what factors allowed one young woman to swim 500 yards to shore, and run to get help, when others were unable to duplicate her efforts. Was it her clothing? Was it her physical conditioning? Was it a combination of things? It seems to me of utmost importance to determine what allowed her to survive in those harsh conditions. Whatever she has, I want to get some. Brad Crain Craig wrote: > That one out of 15 Dragon Boat paddlers was able to swim 500 yrds to shore > and even then run for help- super rare and totally remarkable. But for > that > stunning rarity, there would have been 15 dead paddlers out there. *************************************************************************** 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 Tue Feb 15 2011 - 10:20:29 PST
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