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brady

TAS

454 posts

brady

TAS, 454 posts

29 Jun 2011 1:00pm

Great Lake in Tassie highlands has been conquered for the first time (we know of) - in midwinter no less!

Air temperature 6-8 degrees, water temperature 2 degrees, elevation 1000m. We were hoping to go snowkiting, but the snow had melted - and we all know how warm snow-melt is.

The launch was off craggy rocks down a 4wd track.

I wore two wetties - a total of 8mm of rubber was girding my loins.

Wilson is the one who deserves the respect. Just the one 5-4 wettie with a hole in the leg, and no booties. He could only kite for 3 minutes before he had to come in to warm his feet up.

A sweet 15-22kn breeze, a little gusty. The only really awful moment was getting that cold water up my sinuses when I ballsed up a jump. Instant icecream headache - aaargh!!!!

A memorable session was made even more special in the pub afterwards. Charles Wooley of 60 minutes fame started telling us about the two lunatics he saw out on the water with a "big parachute thing", and how cold they must have been.

Major stoke from that session. Still smiling

Taurus

VIC

189 posts

Taurus

VIC, 189 posts

29 Jun 2011 1:19pm

Good work!

jas73

QLD

796 posts

jas73

QLD, 796 posts

29 Jun 2011 9:30pm

And i thought it was cold kiting in 19 degrees this arvo

. well done guys.

little o

405 posts

little o

WA, 405 posts

29 Jun 2011 10:10pm

no evidence??

Would love to see that video.
I remember a Christmas swim in Ireland. Instant hyperventilation.

bjw

QLD

3690 posts

bjw

QLD, 3690 posts

30 Jun 2011 8:52am

no video necessary, pub storys and good memories are king.

Plummet

4862 posts

Plummet

4862 posts

30 Jun 2011 8:29am

so... did hypothermia set in?

you can tell its setting in when you start to crash the kite and are riding like a gupta all of a sudden. your shaking and find it really hard to un zip your wet suit. plus you are stupid as well. you find it hard to make seamingly easy dicisions.

that happened to me in the wellington harbour once. wasn't as cold as yous temps 9-10 deg water temp and air temp with associated wind chip. i had a 3/4 wettie and no booties gloves or hoody... i lasted and hour before it all went pear shaped. i pulled pin and it took me 2 hours in the car with the heater on full blast to warm back up.

Puetz

2186 posts

Puetz

NT, 2186 posts

30 Jun 2011 11:43am

jas73 said...

And i thought it was cold kiting in 19 degrees this arvo

. well done guys.

... we think 26 degrees is cold, that Great Lakes is just f@#king crazy!!!

cheers,

Robbie

ps camped at Great Lakes in mid winter years ago when the oldies owned a block of land there, was the coldest time of my life!

brady

TAS

454 posts

brady

TAS, 454 posts

30 Jun 2011 5:09pm

little o said...

no evidence??

This is where Wilson loses the respect. He had his camera but no memory card in it!

Have grainy pics from mobile phone which I have no idea how to get onto the computer.

No hypothermia - although I have experienced that clumsiness and slow thinking before. You find yourself just falling over while kiting for no real reason - definitely time to come ashore

jas73

QLD

796 posts

jas73

QLD, 796 posts

30 Jun 2011 6:27pm

AAAH 26 degrees, now that would be nice. Bring on summer.

Puetz said...

jas73 said...

And i thought it was cold kiting in 19 degrees this arvo

. well done guys.

KiteDevil

TAS

778 posts

KiteDevil

TAS, 778 posts

30 Jun 2011 7:14pm

...although I have experienced that clumsiness and slow thinking before. You find yourself just falling over while....

yes I felt that at the pub too!

Well done Mr B Fish, you deserved the iron man award for that effort

Puetz

2186 posts

Puetz

NT, 2186 posts

30 Jun 2011 7:30pm

...ha, its official, we've just had our coldest month ever, every night went below 20 degrees every night this month, brrrrrrrr, told you it was cold here!!

BurkeyBoy

QLD

549 posts

BurkeyBoy

QLD, 549 posts

30 Jun 2011 9:54pm

Visiting the UK from QLD at the moment and have the chance to kite a place called Ainsdale beach near Liverpool. When I saw the double skin wetsuits, gloves, booties, balaclavas and even some dry suits I thought "you've gotta be kidding me." And this is supposed to be summer! 9 degrees when I arrived and even colder at the "beach". I guess I'm spoilt by the QLD conditions. Gotta take your hat off to the local instructor though, goes out in all weather, must be mad.

KiteDevil

TAS

778 posts

KiteDevil

TAS, 778 posts

1 Jul 2011 10:57am

Great Lake Camera photo....

Later that night...

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