[pct-l] physiologic effects of icy cold immersion

[Diane at Santa Barbara Hikes dot com]

On Feb 3, 2009, at 12:33 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
> ...BEYOND YOUR CONTROL.
> ...YOU WILL INHALE WATER, AND
> CANNOT STOP THIS FROM HAPPENING.
> ...YOU WILL NOT STOP
> TRYING TO PREVENT YOUSELF FROM DROWNING TO UNCLICK YOUR PACK STRAPS.
> ...This is serious stuff.

Again this list fans the flames of fear. Please be realistic. We are  
crossing Evolution Creek, Bear Creek, Mono Creek and whatever the  
others were in the summer. We are not crossing some raging riving in  
Alaska. We are not forging ahead into the unknown on some wild  
expedition in the dead of winter. We do not have to be prepared for  
every possible thing that can happen anywhere in the world. We are  
all on a planned itinerary with known hazards. We only need discuss  
the hazards we are actually likely to experience on the Pacific Crest  
Trail.