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What if...
Posted By: Brianne Corbett In Response To: Surprise introduction to the Gasp Reflex (Brian Nystrom)
Date: Thursday, 23 May 2002, at 8:32 p.m.
: This time, however, as soon as I went under, I started gasping
: uncontrollably. I managed to avoid sucking in any water, but became
: disoriented and felt that insidious feeling of panic creeping up on me.
: Things went downhill from there in a hurry.What if you sucked in water... as many others have done... the statement you make below would have turned out to be quite false as things would have gone downhill much, much faster than they actually did.
: I was never in any real danger, as rescue was close at hand, but this was
: certainly an eye-opening experience.Indeed if you had sucked in water, the class would very likely have instantly turned into a CPR class where passing meant that one or more of your students could have gotten your body to shore and resuscitated you. Failure would have meant that you died... for real... not play.
Thanks for providing some outstanding support for my view that sea kayaking is an "inherently dangerous" activity. You may not wish to openly admit it... but I am satisfied that you have now lived the truth of my statement and shared that life experience with this group of paddlers.
It may not change your views on risk or warnings... but it sure helps me to entrench my views with additional evidence.
Safer Paddling!
Brianne
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