And an early loss of fine motor skills that might make building a fire possible.
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Thanks for that point.
It should have been number 1 on my list.
Been 30 years since I had a bad case from riding a motorcycle at night in January from Lapine to Silver lake eastern oregon.
I actually stopped half way to try and make a warming fire and couldn’t operate a lighter due to no fine motor dexterity in my hands. Ended up just hugging my engine head for a while.
A ways down the road I quit shivering and started getting warm and knew I was in trouble.
When I got home I dropped my bike from forgoting to put kickstand down, then tried to walk through my door before turning the door knob.
Tryed to run a hot bath but it felt scalding,,, then ran cold water and even that felt scalding but I got in it anyway and opened the drain and slowly turned the hot on .
I was very close to death that night.
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Im glad you survived. Close call.
We had a high-profile missing person in the Oregon woods, years ago. I know the guy that cut his trail while he was being sought. He found where he’d crossed a road and was starting to shed his shoes and clothing because he felt hot. It was beginning to snow, so they called him off the trail, knowing the guy was too far gone to save.