richard2256
January 12th, 2004, 03:26 AM
BJ Conner wrote:
> Sorry to hear about your friend.
> I have been involved with one close call in cold water. I'll take Frank
> Reids suggestion one step further. When the waters and the air are clod a
> highway flare is a fast way to get a fire going.. I carry a couple in the
> back of my vest at times when sane people are indoors. Waterproof matches
> just aren't enough fire fast enough. It's hard and time consuming to cut
> kindling and build a fire when your shaking and can't control yourself.
> When the weather warms up put the flares back in your car. If your out
> sometimes and it's damp and cold and you just want a fire to warm up with
> try starting one with a flare. It's just practice but when you've taken a
> 45 degree bath you want a fire now.not in thirty minutes.
>
>
>
> i
> "Dave LaCourse" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>A friend of about 23 years died last Thursday of hypothermia while
>
> canoeing in
>
>>New Hampshire. Steve Bryant - mid 50s - was the lead guitar in a group I
>
> used
>
>>to sing with about 20 years ago. He was born and raised in Maine, and was
>
> an
>
>>accomplished canoeist and kayaker. He and friends were in the Bristol
>
> area of
>
>>New Hampshire cross country skiing. Steve owned a condo in the area. He
>
> saw
>
>>a river that he hadn't canoed in awhile, so put in and went alone.
>
> Usually
>
>>very cautious and aware of what *could* go wrong, he made a big mistake:
>
> he did
>
>>not wear a wet suit, and had no change of clothes in a water proof bag.
>
> As
>
>>good as he was, he tipped. He did, however, manage to get ashore.
>>
>>The water temp was 36F, so without warm/dry clothes, he didn't have much
>
> of a
>
>>chance. There were no homes or roads in the area where he tipped over.
>
> The
>
>>police found him at 2:30a.m very near the river. His canoe was found a
>
> short
>
>>distance down stream.
>>
>>This got me to thinking about wading in cold water and in cold weather.
>
> I'm
>
>>sure most of us have waded in water that was in the 40s. I don't know
>
> about
>
>>you, but I suddenly realized that I have been rather cavalier about it.
>>Although I have never gone full immersion, I have gone over my waders and
>>thought nothing of it. Although I was cold and shivering, I kept on
>
> fishing
>
>>*and* wading. I think Steve's death will open my eyes a little bit more.
>>Dave
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
Very sorry to hear about your friend. We lost a good friend many years
ago much the same way.
> Sorry to hear about your friend.
> I have been involved with one close call in cold water. I'll take Frank
> Reids suggestion one step further. When the waters and the air are clod a
> highway flare is a fast way to get a fire going.. I carry a couple in the
> back of my vest at times when sane people are indoors. Waterproof matches
> just aren't enough fire fast enough. It's hard and time consuming to cut
> kindling and build a fire when your shaking and can't control yourself.
> When the weather warms up put the flares back in your car. If your out
> sometimes and it's damp and cold and you just want a fire to warm up with
> try starting one with a flare. It's just practice but when you've taken a
> 45 degree bath you want a fire now.not in thirty minutes.
>
>
>
> i
> "Dave LaCourse" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>A friend of about 23 years died last Thursday of hypothermia while
>
> canoeing in
>
>>New Hampshire. Steve Bryant - mid 50s - was the lead guitar in a group I
>
> used
>
>>to sing with about 20 years ago. He was born and raised in Maine, and was
>
> an
>
>>accomplished canoeist and kayaker. He and friends were in the Bristol
>
> area of
>
>>New Hampshire cross country skiing. Steve owned a condo in the area. He
>
> saw
>
>>a river that he hadn't canoed in awhile, so put in and went alone.
>
> Usually
>
>>very cautious and aware of what *could* go wrong, he made a big mistake:
>
> he did
>
>>not wear a wet suit, and had no change of clothes in a water proof bag.
>
> As
>
>>good as he was, he tipped. He did, however, manage to get ashore.
>>
>>The water temp was 36F, so without warm/dry clothes, he didn't have much
>
> of a
>
>>chance. There were no homes or roads in the area where he tipped over.
>
> The
>
>>police found him at 2:30a.m very near the river. His canoe was found a
>
> short
>
>>distance down stream.
>>
>>This got me to thinking about wading in cold water and in cold weather.
>
> I'm
>
>>sure most of us have waded in water that was in the 40s. I don't know
>
> about
>
>>you, but I suddenly realized that I have been rather cavalier about it.
>>Although I have never gone full immersion, I have gone over my waders and
>>thought nothing of it. Although I was cold and shivering, I kept on
>
> fishing
>
>>*and* wading. I think Steve's death will open my eyes a little bit more.
>>Dave
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
Very sorry to hear about your friend. We lost a good friend many years
ago much the same way.