On Jan 23, 2014, at 8:10 am, knarf <[email protected]> wrote: > It's icing over today, pix later. > > 14C is freaking cold to immerse in! You're a braver man than me, neoprene or > no.
The neoprene makes a big difference, especially when you're moving and generating some body heat. I was swimming in the lake every day leading up to the race, mostly without the wetsuit at 15-16C water temperature. I was only staying in for about 15 minutes and was feeling slightly hypothermic afterwards. I don't have a lot of padding so tend to lose heat rather quickly :) > Several years ago I saw police rescue divers lowering themselves into the > lake. They were wearing dry suits. The air temp was around -20C and I > couldn't imagine dunking myself in those temps, until I realized that water > can't get below 0... Yeah 0 is a bit cold but dry suits would be very effective. Those guys have a hard job, often they're looking for stuff in water with zero visibility. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
