Lessons learned from the Oregon tragedy

Hypoxia and freezing to death are both said to be the best
way to go, except for being exhausted by a team of Swedish
bikini ski team girls.



"Peter Dohm" wrote in message
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| He was so cold by the time he started to think about
| survival shelter and a fire he couldn't think and
didn't use
| the 50 gallons of kerosene, or the gasoline he had on
the
| sled and in the snowmobile.
|
|
| Once hypothermia sets in, you are on very dangerous
ground. Typically
| a person will start doing very irrational things like
throw their
| jacket away, or in this case, forget about the kerosene.
|
| I've both read that from reliable sources and heard the
same from a former
| coworker who was simply lucky enouth to be rescued in
time.
|
| Also included in my coworker's story was that he had
ceased feeling cold,
| and that the snow started to look warm and comfortable.
|
| Peter
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