Fall Paddle.....

One of the last paddles this year. Three friends and a small but beautiful lake in Manitoba's Whiteshell Provincial Park. It involved an hour long portage in, and then, thanks to a local fisherman, we found a short five minute exit a few meter's farther along the shore for the exit......live and learn!

Season's Greetings

I always seem to wait till the last minute to stow the boats......

The river out front here at home and the big lakes are finally "ice" and I'm out "on the water" on skis these days.

Cold water lessons.....1-10-1......

Just stumbled across this video featuring Professor "Popsicle" from the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg...He's famous for inducing hypothermia in his students or any other interested volunteers. I photographed him a few years ago as he completed a study involving a forced march down the entire length of Lake Winnipeg in January.....

The link is here -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1xohI3B4Uc --

Sorry I haven't figured out how to actually put the video here yet.......

But the core element in this is the 1-10-1 principle Dr Geisbrecht professes...
upon cold water immersion you have:
1 - minute to get your breathing under control,
10 - minutes of meaningful movement.
1 - hour before you lose conciousness
1-10-1