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happened to a friend on a canoe trip we took
>had to take two trips on a portage because we had a lot of gear
>already had the canoe in the lake we were entering
>friend is far ahead of me on the trail
>calls out to me
>"anon stay there"
>ask why
>"i'm getting naked, the canoe floated away"
>takes a while for him to get it
>finally calls back with the all clear
>get to where he is sitting, he is shaking and blue
>says he didnt realize how cold the water would be
>halfway out to the canoe his limbs started to not work properly
>barely made it back to shore
>friend could have been drowning while i was sitting on a rock
luckily he didn't have that far to swim or it could have been bad