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Old 05-20-2014, 10:33 AM
 
Location: Naptowne, Alaska
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I like the idea of removing wet clothes and covering up in the warm sand. Even what little body heat he had left would soon warm the sand around him enough to reduce heat loss and keep one alive I think.

Forever stored in my brain's survival file! Thanks for that tip!
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Old 05-20-2014, 11:35 AM
 
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I hope he has signed up for some swimming lessons.
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Old 05-20-2014, 12:05 PM
 
Location: Naples & Sarasota Florida
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So happy for you and your family. Obviously your Guardian Angels were working overtime.

Congrats and God Bless all of you!
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Old 05-20-2014, 03:11 PM
 
Location: "Out there" in Alaska.
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Good news, and lots of luck in that story. He'll have plenty of notes stored on what to do/not to do next time. No suggestions necessary from this corner; he'll have it figured out to the minutest detail. :-)
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Old 05-20-2014, 03:29 PM
 
Location: The end of the road Alaska
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I like the idea of removing wet clothes and covering up in the warm sand. Even what little body heat he had left would soon warm the sand around him enough to reduce heat loss and keep one alive I think.

Forever stored in my brain's survival file! Thanks for that tip!
After all the dumb things he'd done up to that point I was really impressed he'd thought to do that too! Once out of the icy water that sand felt like a warm blanket. It saved him from hypothermia for sure and perhaps worse.
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Old 05-20-2014, 09:45 PM
 
Location: Not far from Fairbanks, AK
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After all the dumb things he'd done up to that point I was really impressed he'd thought to do that too! Once out of the icy water that sand felt like a warm blanket. It saved him from hypothermia for sure and perhaps worse.
Glad to know he is safe. A good thing about it is that he now has an out of the ordinary lifetime experience that hopefully will stop him from doing the same things the next time.
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