After your feet go numb, what is the next sign of hypothermia? I need to know what to look for. My feet go numb first. After one or two fingers go numb, i decide it's time to get out. What signs do you look for that tell you it's DEFINITELY time to get out? btw even when just the feet have gone numb, i make sure i'm no more than about 100 meters from shore.
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it's tough to figure out the breaking point because it seems like everyone is different. i've gotten slurred speech even just from swimming in 63 degree water....and yet i've gone down to much colder (coldest was 55).
i'm undecided on whether drinking something hot beforehand would help. i find it actually easier to get in the cold water when the air is also cold. so i wonder if it would be harder to get if my body is all toasty. my habit is to get up, sit around the house for 10 minutes, then get right in the water.
it's tough to figure out the breaking point because it seems like everyone is different. i've gotten slurred speech even just from swimming in 63 degree water....and yet i've gone down to much colder (coldest was 55).
i'm undecided on whether drinking something hot beforehand would help. i find it actually easier to get in the cold water when the air is also cold. so i wonder if it would be harder to get if my body is all toasty. my habit is to get up, sit around the house for 10 minutes, then get right in the water.
