Cold water is no joke. I tried swimming too early in the year a while back and my toes were blue for a couple of hours afterwards. That was after only a few minutes in water that was only a few degrees above freezing.Good choice on the knife. I don't know much about that particular Bear Grylls knife but I will say that making sure you have a good fixed blade in a conveniently accessible place. I usually stick to the CRKT Neckolas because it's easy to grab and orient and the rounded tip means I am somewhat less likely to stab myself. Still, the blade is pretty short and I could probably be happier with it if it was another inch or so longer.I'd also suggest that you work on figuring out some rescue techniques, both for yourself and others. I have taken courses, but that was mostly to help other people. I learned to get in and out of the kayak myself mostly just because I wanted to go swimming in the middle of the lake. It's very reassuring to know how to get into a boat in case of an accident.Especially in the limited time you have in cold water- you don't want to spend more time there than you have to, and this video shot by my friend Frank shows what happens when cold water starts to affect you and how it compounds itself.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWWszh-tlkgDef
Cold water is no joke. I tried swimming too early in the year a while back and my toes were blue for a couple of hours afterwards. That was after only a few minutes in water that was only a few degrees above freezing.Good choice on the knife. I don't know much about that particular Bear Grylls knife but I will say that making sure you have a good fixed blade in a conveniently accessible place. I usually stick to the CRKT Neckolas because it's easy to grab and orient and the rounded tip means I am somewhat less likely to stab myself. Still, the blade is pretty short and I could probably be happier with it if it was another inch or so longer.I'd also suggest that you work on figuring out some rescue techniques, both for yourself and others. I have taken courses, but that was mostly to help other people. I learned to get in and out of the kayak myself mostly just because I wanted to go swimming in the middle of the lake. It's very reassuring to know how to get into a boat in case of an accident.Especially in the limited time you have in cold water- you don't want to spend more time there than you have to, and this video shot by my friend Frank shows what happens when cold water starts to affect you and how it compounds itself.Def
Try to find something with a blunt tip. If you go into the water and need to cut yourself free of something the last thing you want is to compound your problems by opening a large hole in yourself! Diving Sparrow Knives has produced a nice kayak knife with Boker that might be of interest.https://www.boker.de/us/fixed-blade-knife/boker-plus/tactical-knife/02BO284.htmlI find it a bit longer than I am comfortable with, but if you want a longer knife this might not be a bad choice for you. I can snap a few photos for you if you like as I have one. Def
The good news is that it's very hard to be hit by a car while kayaking! :ahh:DefSent from my smurfing hunk of techno sorcery
Paul, maybe you need to look into getting something like this. It should float too. (Image removed from quote.)
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Only the first two movies, Vacation and European Vacation had the same Rusty and Audrey. In Christmas Vacation the part of Rusty was played by Johnny Galecki, better known as Leonard on Big Bang Theory. DefSent from my smurfing hunk of techno sorcery
Yeah. I know. I really need to get out more. DefSent from my smurfing hunk of techno sorcery
Cold water is no joke. I tried swimming too early in the year a while back and my toes were blue for a couple of hours afterwards. That was after only a few minutes in water that was only a few degrees above freezing.Good choice on the knife. I don't know much about that particular Bear Grylls knife but I will say that making sure you have a good fixed blade in a conveniently accessible place. I usually stick to the CRKT Neckolas because it's easy to grab and orient and the rounded tip means I am somewhat less likely to stab myself. Still, the blade is pretty short and I could probably be happier with it if it was another inch or so longer.GgxgdzxcfI'd also suggest that you work on figuring out some rescue techniques, both for yourself and others. I have taken courses, but that was mostly to help other people. I learned to get in and out of the kayak myself mostly just because I wanted to go swimming in the middle of the lake. It's very reassuring to know how to get into a boat in case of an accident.Especiallby in the limited time you have in cold water- you don't want to spend more time there than you have to, and this video shot by my friend Frank shows what happens when cold water starts to affect you and how it compounds itself.Cxgcc,xc3ccccxxcccccccvctfcDef
Quote from: Grant Lamontagne on June 23, 2014, 07:27:40 PMCold water is no joke. I tried swimming too early in the year a while back and my toes were blue for a couple of hours afterwards. That was after only a few minutes in water that was only a few degrees above freezing.Good choice on the knife. I don't know much about that particular Bear Grylls knife but I will say that making sure you have a good fixed blade in a conveniently accessible place. I usually stick to the CRKT Neckolas because it's easy to grab and orient and the rounded tip means I am somewhat less likely to stab myself. Still, the blade is pretty short and I could probably be happier with it if it was another inch or so longer.GgxgdzxcfI'd also suggest that you work on figuring out some rescue techniques, both for yourself and others. I have taken courses, but that was mostly to help other people. I learned to get in and out of the kayak myself mostly just because I wanted to go swimming in the middle of the lake. It's very reassuring to know how to get into a boat in case of an accident.Especiallby in the limited time you have in cold water- you don't want to spend more time there than you have to, and this video shot by my friend Frank shows what happens when cold water starts to affect you and how it compounds itself.Cxgcc,xc3ccccxxcccccccvctfcDefvcfrSent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk
Beautiful waters! You're a Norse god, Gaute!Sent from my Cruize W280 using Tapatalk