Oss
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« on: April 09, 2012, 10:50:23 AM » |
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ANd Rent a boat, and dive off the back,
Make sure its not forty degree water Before you dive
Otherwise its like that scene in titanic where dicprio sinks frozen
It was fun to have done but your boys will be up in your belly for awhile
Dont ask HOW I know Never thought I would see the surface of the water after diving in
Renting a speedboat there was waY cool as was the hiking Its just a beautiful part of the country
oh yeah its not always 40 sometimes its colder
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« Last Edit: April 09, 2012, 01:08:15 PM by Oss »
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« Reply #1 on: April 09, 2012, 10:55:13 AM » |
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I can picture that and it's funny! Been there on the paddle boat but didn't even think about diving off. Hay  Jimmyt |
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« Reply #2 on: April 09, 2012, 11:25:50 AM » |
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For about 10 years my wife was a long distance swimmer and once a year there was a relay with 4 swimmers about 20 miles across the north end of Lake Tahoe. They had to change swimmers every 20 minutes because of temp. I drove a boat for them one year and jumped in once for a few seconds. Cremaster muscle jerked the boys up to about my neck (google it).  Another race was across Donner Lake just down I-80 a few miles. 2 1/2 miles same temp as Tahoe. I would follow in canoe. Hot tub at the end of the race and one winner had no memory of the last 45 min of the swim. Across entrance to SF Bay under Golden Gate was another. And won her age division from Alcatraz to SF. Could not use wet suit or fins. She was 2nd until the "winner" was DQed for using fins ( and that was ALL she was wearing, ie her birthdays suit and fins).  |
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« Reply #3 on: April 09, 2012, 11:31:20 AM » |
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About ten years ago I did a polar plunge for a charity event at Hampton beach in January. As bad as the cold water was I found out that there was something worse...
Jumping in a 103 degree hot tub immediately after being immersed in the icy Atlantic water for a solid minute feels like your flesh is being seared off with a blowtorch. It's really, really awful. But you live and learn and sometimes have nightmares.
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In August the water is trickling, in April it's furious deep.
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« Reply #4 on: April 09, 2012, 12:26:24 PM » |
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I have my time in cold water. A door fell off an LST and we had to go attach a chain.
It was snowing that day in Korea. Got a steak and a shot-o-brandy for it though.
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« Reply #5 on: April 09, 2012, 12:49:38 PM » |
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Got to go swimming in the Mediterranean when I was in High School. Spring break to Lloret de Mar, Spain (living in Germany for my dad's job has its benefits ) when I was 14. Took some paddle boats out and did a quick swim myself - it was about 2 degrees Celsius. That's about 35 degrees to us Americans. It was a quick swim, that's for dang sure! |
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« Reply #6 on: April 09, 2012, 02:39:15 PM » |
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same applies to elephant butte state park in arizona/new mexico(don't remember right now which. temp of the air was about 95-98, water temp was about 40 or so!  been there, done that. |
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« Reply #7 on: April 09, 2012, 02:54:09 PM » |
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ANd Rent a boat, and dive off the back,
Make sure its not forty degree water Before you dive
Otherwise its like that scene in titanic where dicprio sinks frozen
It was fun to have done but your boys will be up in your belly for awhile
Dont ask HOW I know Never thought I would see the surface of the water after diving in
Renting a speedboat there was waY cool as was the hiking Its just a beautiful part of the country
oh yeah its not always 40 sometimes its colder
Man up Oss! Sure 40° is cold, and it surprised you, and invigorated you, I bet you never moved so fast as you did to get to the back of that boat...........good on ya buddy, that kinda stuff right there builds character.........someday Ill tell you how abouts I know that for sure!!!!!! |
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« Reply #8 on: April 09, 2012, 04:50:04 PM » |
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Been to Lake Tahoe many times when we lived in SF, never wanted to dive into that lake in the summer, those rocks look too close to the surface, but are probably 50 feet down. You're a brave man.
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« Reply #9 on: April 09, 2012, 05:55:31 PM » |
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One time camping in BC when my son was young, we were heading down to the lake following the trail along the river. We had an inflatable raft with us. The boy asks if he can paddle down the river. It was a sunny hot day and dragging the raft was a pain in the a$$. Sure I said. The dog and I will swim along with you. Set him off on his way and jumped in. I forgot it was a glacier fed river! I was out of that water so fast, it seemed like I bounced back off of it. Dog jumped back out as well. Brrr!
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« Reply #10 on: April 09, 2012, 06:35:16 PM » |
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Remember week or two after the ice went off local WI lakes we took the fishing boat out and no piers in for another month or more. Water temps guessing 34-36 degrees tops. Had to get in the water up to our waist to get the boat on the trailer for a few minutes. We almost didn't make it out of there since our legs were totally numb we could not walk out of the water it was that cold. Haven't done something that stupid ever again and will wait a few more weeks for water temps to get above 40 degrees. It is amazing how you cannot feel your entire legs from waist down after a few minutes in water that cold and you cannot even take a step without almost falling down.
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« Reply #11 on: April 09, 2012, 07:22:13 PM » |
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Went off my dock on Lake Erie in February on a bet. About shoulder deep. Had the warm water running in the shower before the jump. So I climb the ladder, sprint for the house, and my comrades locked me out. When they let me in, I didn't bother getting undressed until I was under the shower.
This was an alcohol related incident.
I got into Lake Tahoe up to my ankles, that was enough.
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