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willi_h2o
on Dec-11-12 12:40 AM (EST)
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Table of Contents
Kayaking in really cold water
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Toller
- Dec-08-12 3:02 PM
Go for a swim - then report back
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willi_h2o
- Dec-08-12 4:08 PM
Atlantic Kayak Tours website
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RavenWing
- Dec-08-12 4:13 PM
Hypothermia is deceptive
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trvlrerik
- Dec-08-12 4:34 PM
You Don't Need It...
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sing
- Dec-08-12 4:50 PM
A couple of years ago...
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ByronWalter
- Dec-08-12 5:16 PM
Well said, Sing. I went over my first
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shirlann
- Dec-08-12 5:23 PM
Inuit who still use kayaks
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kayamedic
- Dec-08-12 5:53 PM
One thing you left out
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Wayne_Smith
- Dec-09-12 9:04 AM
Second the swim, plus...
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Celia
- Dec-08-12 6:13 PM
Necky Zoar Sport
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pblanc
- Dec-08-12 6:35 PM
Saftety and Comfort
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guideboatguy
- Dec-08-12 6:37 PM
Deep lake here
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kayamedic
- Dec-08-12 6:46 PM
dry suit
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bowler1
- Dec-08-12 6:55 PM
Dry suit is not realistic
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FrankNC
- Dec-08-12 7:50 PM
Google Cold Water Boot camp
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QCHiker
- Dec-08-12 7:54 PM
Or...
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Kudzu
- Dec-09-12 5:48 AM
I've done rolls ina Zoar Sport
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Peter-CA
- Dec-08-12 10:55 PM
'Impossible to Capsize' -- Red Flag
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LittleRed
- Dec-08-12 11:14 PM
I appreciate the help
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Toller
- Dec-08-12 11:51 PM
100 feet might be too far
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pblanc
- Dec-09-12 7:11 AM
Take a cold shower
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Jaybabina
- Dec-09-12 7:59 AM
Too far from shore
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Celia
- Dec-09-12 9:11 AM
Be Very Careful...
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VK1NF
- Dec-09-12 9:41 AM
There is an audience here.
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Cliffjrs
- Dec-09-12 8:17 AM
dry suit
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bowler1
- Dec-09-12 8:34 AM
All I can do here
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rjd9999
- Dec-09-12 11:18 AM
You're bucking for...
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Bnystrom
- Dec-09-12 6:58 PM
I hope Toller comes back and posts
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kayamedic
- Dec-09-12 7:31 PM
At this time
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Toller
- Dec-10-12 11:10 AM
Depth isn't that big a factor
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rjd9999
- Dec-10-12 12:05 PM
you will find
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daggermat
- Dec-10-12 12:15 PM
Depth seems to be allowing open water
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kayamedic
- Dec-10-12 12:22 PM
Honestly - swim it
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willi_h2o
- Dec-10-12 12:11 PM
For myself
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pblanc
- Dec-10-12 12:18 PM
Same as before...
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Celia
- Dec-10-12 12:43 PM
Every winter we lose a few
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nickjc
- Dec-10-12 12:24 PM
Sidenote to all
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willi_h2o
- Dec-10-12 2:27 PM
get in the water
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slushpaddler
- Dec-10-12 2:31 PM
no one can answer
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RavenWing
- Dec-10-12 6:12 PM
Hypothermia
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jimyaker
- Dec-10-12 7:15 PM
Just lost one to 56 degree water
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FrankNC
- Dec-10-12 8:28 PM
Sad...
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rjd9999
- Dec-10-12 10:00 PM
Again, I appreciate all your advice, but
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Toller
- Dec-10-12 11:48 PM
Gasp Reflex ...
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seadart
- Dec-11-12 12:37 AM
I'm out..........next, please on P.Net
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willi_h2o
- Dec-11-12 12:40 AM
good insulation
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RavenWing
- Dec-11-12 2:11 AM
You aren't getting what is being said
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Celia
- Dec-11-12 7:49 AM
so if it's so easy....
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slushpaddler
- Dec-11-12 10:00 AM
you may not get gasp reflex, but...
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jcbikeski
- Dec-11-12 11:12 AM
I used to live in the north country
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roanguy
- Dec-11-12 10:37 AM
Toller or "troller?"
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spiritboat
- Dec-11-12 12:12 PM
Cold Water Immersion
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H2OAddict
- Dec-12-12 1:30 PM
Dominos
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jimyaker
- Dec-12-12 3:03 PM
winter paddling
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ppine
- Dec-12-12 6:21 PM
Cold Water Cold Temps
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huntly2
- Dec-12-12 10:55 PM
No solution to your cold hands?
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guideboatguy
- Dec-12-12 11:28 PM
Possibly Reynaud's
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kayamedic
- Dec-12-12 11:39 PM
In this case...
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abc
- Dec-13-12 3:48 PM
partly the point I made
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jcbikeski
- Dec-13-12 4:07 PM
You can forget that depth remark
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guideboatguy
- Dec-13-12 4:49 PM
Water depth in CNY
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radskierman
- Dec-13-12 5:55 PM
Yeah, I found a map of that lake
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guideboatguy
- Dec-13-12 8:21 PM
Guessing you haven't been hypothermic...
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Celia
- Dec-13-12 5:22 PM
common sense?
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abc
- Dec-13-12 7:32 PM
And that is what everyone has said
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Celia
- Dec-13-12 8:38 PM
.
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abc
- Dec-13-12 10:06 PM
250 feet deep
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dc9mm
- Dec-14-12 11:58 AM
what I wonder
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slushpaddler
- Dec-14-12 12:02 PM
That's a good point too
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guideboatguy
- Dec-14-12 12:18 PM
LOL
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kayamedic
- Dec-15-12 11:56 PM
Don't do it
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TrevorN
- Dec-15-12 10:57 PM
another thing to add
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FrankNC
- Dec-17-12 9:53 AM
Physiological Considerations factor in
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willi_h2o
- Dec-17-12 1:15 PM
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