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| ====== Cold Water Paddling ====== | ====== Cold Water Paddling ====== | ||
| - | <WRAP centeralign> | + | <WRAP centeralign><font 11px/inherit;;inherit;;inherit>Photo: from video "The First Sixty Seconds"</font>[[https://www.coldwaterbootcamp.com/pages/home.html|Canadian ColdWater Boot Camp]]{{:safety:help.jpg?direct&339x214|help.jpg}} |
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| - | **Understanding Cold Water Risk - Richard Forbes, South Africa**. Richard gives a good summary of hypothermia and its onset time for a range of water temperatures that will cover many paddling locales around the world and he talks about recent experiences from the Western Cape of South Africa and elsewhere. Although people paddle and downwind where water is colder and objectively more dangerous in terms of reduced survival time for immersed paddlers than the water around the Western Cape, locales with somewhat warmer water can effectively be **equally or more ****dangerous for**** paddlers if they tend to pay less attention** to this risk and dress and/or prepare inadequately. | + | **Understanding Cold Water Risk Video - Richard Forbes, South Africa 2024**<WRAP indent> |
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| + | Richard gives a good summary of hypothermia and its onset time for a range of water temperatures that will cover many paddling locales around the world and he talks about recent experiences from the Western Cape of South Africa and elsewhere. Although people paddle and downwind where water is colder and objectively more dangerous in terms of reduced survival time for immersed paddlers than the water around the Western Cape, locales with somewhat warmer water can effectively be **equally or more ****dangerous**** if paddlers tend to pay less attention** to this risk and dress and/or prepare inadequately. | ||
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| ==== The Risk from all Stages of Cold Exposure ==== | ==== The Risk from all Stages of Cold Exposure ==== | ||
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| Don't forget about all forms of risk from cold water. Hypothermia is estimated to cause around 15% of cold water fatalities. Where **hypothermia tends to come more into play** is **when there is personal flotation** which diminishes some other cold water problems but can involve extended immersion. And of course as paddlers we are typically going to be using a PFD around cold water if we have any sense at all. | Don't forget about all forms of risk from cold water. Hypothermia is estimated to cause around 15% of cold water fatalities. Where **hypothermia tends to come more into play** is **when there is personal flotation** which diminishes some other cold water problems but can involve extended immersion. And of course as paddlers we are typically going to be using a PFD around cold water if we have any sense at all. | ||
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| * [[:stories:hypothermia_article_2010|Subject for 2010 Article]] | * [[:stories:hypothermia_article_2010|Subject for 2010 Article]] | ||
| * [[:stories:hypothermia_2010|Subsequent discussion of Hypothermia]] | * [[:stories:hypothermia_2010|Subsequent discussion of Hypothermia]] | ||
| - | - **Cold Incapacitation** - often described in reference to drownings where people without life jackets lose the capacity to swim, but can be equally as deadly in terms of losing coordination for remounts, paddling, making a fire ([[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_Build_a_Fire|To Build a Fire]])… | + | - **Cold Incapacitation** - often described in reference to drownings where people without life jackets lose the capacity to swim, but can be equally as deadly in terms of losing coordination for remounts, paddling, making a fire ([[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_Build_a_Fire|To Build a Fire]]), making the decision to call for help,… |
| - | * The following 2 stories emphasize the underestimated risk of **cold incapacitation** for very experienced paddlers (who have not adequately guarded against cold risk) even while they are staying completely or mostly upright but exposed to long term cold, another way cold can also be deadly - in part because it can sneak up on you if given the opportunity. The risk is of course greatly accelerated for paddlers during an extended swim in cold water. | + | * **The following 2 stories** emphasize the underestimated risk of **cold incapacitation** for very experienced paddlers (who have not adequately guarded against cold risk) even while they are staying completely or mostly upright but exposed to long term cold, another way cold can also be deadly - in part because it can sneak up on you if given the opportunity. The risk is of course greatly accelerated for paddlers during an extended swim in cold water. |
| * [[:stories:lawler_loch_ness|Ivan Lawler's Brush with Cold Incapacitation in the Great Glen Challenge]] | * [[:stories:lawler_loch_ness|Ivan Lawler's Brush with Cold Incapacitation in the Great Glen Challenge]] | ||
| - | * [[https://tcsurfski.com/2020/10/25/a-very-cold-virtual-chattajack/|4hr Back Country River Race in Cold Conditions]] Losing Coordination (Paddle stroke catching crabs, etc.) | + | * [[https://tcsurfski.com/2020/10/25/a-very-cold-virtual-chattajack/|Billy Belinger's 4hr Back Country River Race in Cold Conditions]] Losing Coordination (Paddle stroke catching crabs, etc.) |
| - | - **Hypothermia (**watch [[https://youtu.be/_cm03Vb632I|Richard Forbes video]] above**) ** [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypothermia|Hypothermia]] has its own stages typically defined by ranges of body temperature and evidenced by symptoms. Symptoms in individuals varies at body temperatures depending on age, fitness, body fat, etc. Stage 1 (mild hypothermia) may overlap with **Cold Incapacitation, **but stage 1 also begins to involve cognition impairment which contains significant risk for paddlers and only gets worse with subsequent stages. | + | * **Impairment of Judgement ** (in the overlap with hypothermia)is particularly problematic because your ability to recognize and respond to this problem is hindered by this very problem. If you do not react and make decisions while you still have the ability to do so (primary example - calling for help via whatever means available) those options effectively disappear. |
| + | - **Hypothermia (**watch [[https://youtu.be/_cm03Vb632I|Richard Forbes video]] (framed above**) ** [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypothermia|Hypothermia]] has its own stages typically defined by ranges of body temperature and evidenced by symptoms. Symptoms in individuals vary at body temperatures depending on age, fitness, body fat, etc. Stage 1 (mild hypothermia) can overlap with **Cold Incapacitation, **but stage 1 also begins to involve cognition impairment which contains significant risk for paddlers and only gets worse with subsequent stages. If you do not make good decisions early (ask or call for help?) while you are still thinking clearly all these risks will compound. | ||
| - **Post Rescue Collapse (also termed "Circum Rescue Collapse" because it has been observed shortly before, during and after rescue** Once rescued, after you have been immersed in cold water, you are still in danger from collapse of arterial blood pressure leading to cardiac arrest. | - **Post Rescue Collapse (also termed "Circum Rescue Collapse" because it has been observed shortly before, during and after rescue** Once rescued, after you have been immersed in cold water, you are still in danger from collapse of arterial blood pressure leading to cardiac arrest. | ||
| + | ==== 1-10-1 Myth ==== | ||
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| + | * See [[https://www.coldwatersafety.org/1-10-1-myth|https://www.coldwatersafety.org/1-10-1-myth]] | ||
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| ==== Risk Denial Even Among the Very Experienced ==== | ==== Risk Denial Even Among the Very Experienced ==== | ||
| - | * [[https://silentsportsmagazine.com/2016/02/05/get-over-the-not-me-not-today-syndrome/|"Not Me" Syndrome]] Silent Sports Magazine article about North Face founder, Doug Tompkin's death in cold water. The web site will allow several full views then with subsequent clicks on this link the site will hide part of the article behind a subscription banner. | + | * **"Not Me" Syndrome** Silent Sports <del>Magazine article</del> (no longer available online - [[:stories:silentsports_dtomkins_death|read our local copy of full article]]) about North Face founder, Doug Tompkins' death in the cold water of the huge General Carrera Lake in Chile. |
| - | * [[https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2015/12/151213-doug-tompkins-chile-north-face-rick-ridgeway-patagonia-yvon-chouinard-death-general-carrera-lake/|Survivor's account]] (National Geographic - access may also be limited now behind a paywall or may insist that you at least provide an email address ([[:stories:natgeo_dtomkins_death|local copy of article]])) of incident leading to Doug Tompkin's death due to hypothermia | + | * [[https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2015/12/151213-doug-tompkins-chile-north-face-rick-ridgeway-patagonia-yvon-chouinard-death-general-carrera-lake/|Survivor's account]] (National Geographic - access may also be limited now behind a paywall or may insist that you at least provide an email address ([[:stories:natgeo_dtomkins_death|our local copy of full article]])) of incident leading to Doug Tompkins' death due to hypothermia |
| + | * //[[https://www.patagonia.com/product/life-lived-wild-adventures-at-the-edge-of-the-map-by-rick-ridgeway-hardcover-book/195699340473.html|Life Lived Wild]]// includes Rick Ridgeway's account (Rick was paddling with Doug Tompkins in the double sea kayak that capsized) | ||
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| * [[:decision_trees_wear|Deciding What to Wear For Specific Conditions]] | * [[:decision_trees_wear|Deciding What to Wear For Specific Conditions]] | ||
| * [[:cold_water_immersion|Don't Assume: Test Clothing in Water and Remounts]] (Golden Rules 3 & 4) - Are you really choosing the right gear? | * [[:cold_water_immersion|Don't Assume: Test Clothing in Water and Remounts]] (Golden Rules 3 & 4) - Are you really choosing the right gear? | ||
| - | * [[https://surfskipaddling.wordpress.com/category/equipment/|What One Norwegian Paddler Wears Through the Winter]] | + | * … |
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| + | ===== Dealing With Ice ===== | ||
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| + | This is a fairly specialized circumstance that only a small set of hardy paddlers choose to deal with, but if you are in this group, you need to **take extra care**, particularly with possible issues (**danger!**) that are not obvious if you haven't encountered them before. | ||
| + | * [[:s_wendelboe_cold_weather_clothing_choice#dealing_with_ice|Dealing With Ice (Norwegian Paddler's Experience)]] | ||
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