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2010 Dartmouth Grant
plurrövare - skating immersion
Vermont Nordic Skaters sponsored this event in March, 2010 in Shelburne Bay:
Written by Pam:
Eight intrepid "plurrövare" and about three times as many observers gathered at
Shelburne Bay this beautiful warm, sunny day Vermont's first (so
far as we know) skating immersion exercise, with a heavy emphasis on general
safety methods. Bob provided background and posters on safety and clothing,
including wetsuits (and also supervised and carried out hole-cutting and
closing); Dave provided background on the body's reaction to immersion in cold
water and hypothermia based on his experience as an emergency room physician;
and Pam provided a run-through of safety rules and equipment from the now
100-year Swedish experience of "långfärdsskridskor," demonstrating what to carry
and how to pack the safety backpack and the steps to follow if one does go
through the ice.. Read More....
The sequence below is not a sequence at all.. it is a collage of photos from several participants!
