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Other: Cold Water Deaths
By:Rob Macks / Laughing Loon CC&K
Date: 7/13/2011, 8:07 am

It's worth repeating information that has been talked about here before.

Please see this video "Cold Water Boot Camp".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1xohI3B4Uc

We were talking about the death off Mt. Desert Island.

On my paddle last weekend we stopped on an island for lunch.
This island is about 50 miles southwest of Acadia as the crow flies
The air temperature was upper 70s, the water was about 60˚.

I decided to go for a swim. I had on a shorty wet-suit bottom.
I could stay in the water for 20 seconds before I had to get out.

And I knew I was going in and I knew I could walk right out.

Few people are prepared for the shock of hitting cold water.

Rob

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Rob Macks / Laughing Loon CC&K -- 7/13/2011, 8:07 am
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Sean Dawe -- 7/13/2011, 10:54 am
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Rob Macks / Laughing Loon CC&K -- 7/13/2011, 11:50 am
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 7/13/2011, 6:20 pm
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Mike Savage -- 7/13/2011, 6:59 pm
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 7/13/2011, 7:35 pm
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Robert N Pruden -- 7/13/2011, 7:50 pm
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Mike Savage -- 7/14/2011, 8:13 am
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eric Ogata -- 7/14/2011, 2:18 pm
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Robert N Pruden -- 7/13/2011, 7:42 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 7/14/2011, 9:13 am
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StephenHJ -- 7/14/2011, 3:03 pm
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Les Cheeseman -- 7/14/2011, 4:02 pm
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Robert N Pruden -- 7/15/2011, 11:06 pm
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Robert N Pruden -- 7/14/2011, 5:32 pm
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Bryan Hansel -- 7/14/2011, 10:40 am