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On 11-Mar-2005, "Fiona Stirling" wrote:
thought i could show them. when that cold water hit my head and neck i panicked and did a fast wet exit. I was once supposed to demonstrate a wet exit. When I hit the cold water, I instinctively rolled. Mike |
the last line i said dry suit. i ment a tiny wet suit about 1.5mm .
re. an instant roll. i bloody near took a breath under water. it is called cold shock and it got me. you know ,,, i would have rolled up but my paddle was set up so it would have to be a full roll. i was simply shocked out of my boat. you know it got much worse when i got out of the boat and my .... well when i got wet all over it was bad. they had me back in the boat in likely under 30 seconds. it was very fast, felt like forever but it was fast. i have not failed a roll since. |
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