SeaCat
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My father sent me an E-Mail informing me he inished his Mini-Triathalon in the middle of the pack. He sent along a couple of pictures, one of which showed him in a dive skin getting ready to do the one mile swim. He turned 70 this year.
Now here is the thing. The waters he was swimming in were 53 degrees yesterday. That's what is called Damned Cold.
He swam a mile in that water.
When I dive up there I have several layers. The first is a skin suit. Over this is a hooded vest. The vest part is 3 mm and the hood is 7 mm. Over this is a 7 mm Bibbed Farmer John type wetsuit. (A pair a 7 mm Bibbed type pants with a 7 mm jacket.) With this I have 7 mm gloves and boots. This means my arms, legs, hands, feet and head are covered with 7 mm of neoprene. My Body Core or trunk is covered with 17 mm of neoprene.
Most of the divers up there use the same system, or they use things like Semi-Dry or Dry Suits.
After an hours dive in 53 degree water in either the wetsuit or the Semi-Dry Suit you are Hypothermic. (Depending on your underwear in your dry suit you can go for up to three hours in this temperature water before you become Hypothermic.)
Remember my father did this swim in just a bathing suit and a dive skin.
We're talking he finished the swim Hypothermic, then did a 20 mile Bike ride followed by a 6 mile run. No wonder they call these things Iron Man competitions. (I couldn't do that right now. Give me a year training up there and maybe I could do it, but not right now.)
Cat
Now here is the thing. The waters he was swimming in were 53 degrees yesterday. That's what is called Damned Cold.
He swam a mile in that water.
When I dive up there I have several layers. The first is a skin suit. Over this is a hooded vest. The vest part is 3 mm and the hood is 7 mm. Over this is a 7 mm Bibbed Farmer John type wetsuit. (A pair a 7 mm Bibbed type pants with a 7 mm jacket.) With this I have 7 mm gloves and boots. This means my arms, legs, hands, feet and head are covered with 7 mm of neoprene. My Body Core or trunk is covered with 17 mm of neoprene.
Most of the divers up there use the same system, or they use things like Semi-Dry or Dry Suits.
After an hours dive in 53 degree water in either the wetsuit or the Semi-Dry Suit you are Hypothermic. (Depending on your underwear in your dry suit you can go for up to three hours in this temperature water before you become Hypothermic.)
Remember my father did this swim in just a bathing suit and a dive skin.
We're talking he finished the swim Hypothermic, then did a 20 mile Bike ride followed by a 6 mile run. No wonder they call these things Iron Man competitions. (I couldn't do that right now. Give me a year training up there and maybe I could do it, but not right now.)
Cat
