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Old December 11th 06, 08:52 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Default Lessons learned from the Oregon tragedy


"Matt Whiting" wrote in message
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For sure, I'd have walked down the road.


Until you became delirious from hypothermia... At that point, you don't
know what you might do.


Search and rescue crews mentioned the hypothermic paradox where, when people
start really losing it to the cold, they paradoxically start shedding their
clothing...

-c