[pct-l] cold creeks
Stephen
reddirt2 at earthlink.net
Tue Feb 3 09:36:38 CST 2009
Yes, half expecting to have trouble.
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From: "mark v" <allemande6 at yahoo.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 12:57 AM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] cold creeks
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> It seems to me that the reaction of the body to falling into a cold, fast
> stream is just more reason to follow my strategy. Take every possible
> precaution not to fall in. If you're not extremely confident that you
> will not fall in, don't cross.
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> Just to enflame the debate more and add another convoluted metaphor, this
> to me is the same attitude that leads to accidents on snow slopes with ice
> axes. People go across half-expecting to fall, and thinking primarily
> about their self-arrest. The mountaineering instructor i had a few years
> back, and i have to say i believe him now, said self-arrest matters, but
> most of the time one can't self-arrest no matter what. So the primary
> strategy has to be how to make sure as much as humanly possible that you
> just don't fall. What you do if somehow you do fall (on a slope, into the
> water) matters and deserves attention, but it's not the primary line of
> defense against a tragedy.
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