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<blockquote data-quote="Deadmeat" data-source="post: 68265" data-attributes="member: 704"><p>After I had been skydiving for a couple of years I had the misfortune of landing in a lake quite some distance from shore in the dead of winter. I was in a full jumpsuit, helmet, and had a front-mounted reserve (way back when). I had unbuckled the chest strap and as soon as I touched the water I released the leg straps, got out of the gear, and began to swim to shore. The cold water sucked the energy out of me almost immediately and the cotton jumpsuit and boots were weighing me down to the extent that I was virtually certain I wasn't going to make it. </p><p></p><p>Fortunately, the water got shallow faster than I thought it would and I made it out ok, albeit scared, half-frozen, and a lot wiser. Of the remaining 1,100 skydives, I never again jumped without water gear even when there wasn't anything larger than a mud puddle in the vicinity. The killing power of cold water coupled with heavy clothing is something that has stayed with me ever since.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deadmeat, post: 68265, member: 704"] After I had been skydiving for a couple of years I had the misfortune of landing in a lake quite some distance from shore in the dead of winter. I was in a full jumpsuit, helmet, and had a front-mounted reserve (way back when). I had unbuckled the chest strap and as soon as I touched the water I released the leg straps, got out of the gear, and began to swim to shore. The cold water sucked the energy out of me almost immediately and the cotton jumpsuit and boots were weighing me down to the extent that I was virtually certain I wasn't going to make it. Fortunately, the water got shallow faster than I thought it would and I made it out ok, albeit scared, half-frozen, and a lot wiser. Of the remaining 1,100 skydives, I never again jumped without water gear even when there wasn't anything larger than a mud puddle in the vicinity. The killing power of cold water coupled with heavy clothing is something that has stayed with me ever since. [/QUOTE]
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