The silent menace

June 2019

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June 2019

LandSAR Turangi’s Blake McDavitt says people often ignore the first symptoms of hypothermia Photo: Martyn Davies
Reading this month’s feature on hypothermia, I realised, quite worryingly, that I have been through the early stages of the condition several times. And the chances are, you have too. The numb fingers refusing to cooperate. The cold mouth seemingly so paralysed by botox it can’t form words properly and what’s enunciated is mostly gibberish. […]
Alistair Hall

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