Sunday, December 21, 2008

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

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