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Re: Cold water gear and self rescue equipment
By:Michael
Date: 6/10/2010, 4:58 pm
In Response To: Re: Cold water gear and self rescue equipment (Robert N Pruden)

Robert,

Do you have a website for documenting your project? Sounds like a project more than a trip!

If this suggestion was mentioned already, sorry. You might consider using hand-warmers as an antidote to hypothermia. You could put one in each armpit and one in your crotch where the arterys run, as well as gloves and boots. This can save your life. If you're camping on land you can heat up rocks for the same thing. But offshore, if you're in hypothermic trouble, the handwarmers might be welcome.

Also, I'm sure you already know, don't drink cold fluids or eat snow, or cold food. That can start a hard to reverse internal temperature trend. Hopefully your stove works in your kayak.

Good Sailing and Godspeed

Michael

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Launching: The VJ is ready to go but wowie...
Robert N Pruden -- 6/8/2010, 10:18 pm
Re: Cold water gear and self rescue equipment
Brian Scarborough -- 6/9/2010, 9:59 am
Re: Cold water gear and self rescue equipment
Robert N Pruden -- 6/9/2010, 1:18 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 6/12/2010, 8:29 am
Re: Cold water gear and self rescue equipment
Bill Hamm -- 6/13/2010, 12:20 am
Re: Cold water gear and self rescue equipment
Robert N Pruden -- 6/15/2010, 8:35 pm
Re: Cold water gear and self rescue equipment
Brian Scarborough -- 6/10/2010, 8:58 am
Re: Cold water gear and self rescue equipment
Robert N Pruden -- 6/10/2010, 11:07 am
Re: Cold water gear and self rescue equipment
Michael -- 6/10/2010, 4:58 pm
Re: Cold water gear and self rescue equipment
robert N Pruden -- 6/10/2010, 5:55 pm
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eric Ogata -- 6/11/2010, 10:50 am
Re: Cold water gear and self rescue equipment
Robert N Pruden -- 6/11/2010, 1:23 pm
Re: Cold water gear and self rescue equipment
Bill Hamm -- 6/11/2010, 8:42 pm
Re: Cold water gear and self rescue equipment
Bill Hamm -- 6/10/2010, 12:47 am
Re: Cold water gear and self rescue equipment
Robert N Pruden -- 6/10/2010, 5:59 pm
Re: Launching: The VJ is ready to go but wowie...
Bill Hamm -- 6/9/2010, 12:12 am