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>goes kayaking February 4th
>river has just thawed after a cold spell
>water temp is 33.8 degrees
>its only slackwater so "i dont need a suit"
>I prep my boat and park my car. while parking an old guy says 'you'll die if you get in that water'
>I ignore him and start paddling up stream. but he aims the headlights of his car at me for a while
>i get out of his sight and at 6:50 i get a text message from friend
>buddy recieves message
>no more than 2 minutes later i hit piece of ice
normally when you hit a piece of ice, either you or the ice bounce
>I get on top of the piece of ice and it flips
>sudden shock and i cant roll
>spend between 30 and 40 minutes in the water
> get out and call ambulance from my car
>they arrive at 7:40 and i have a body temp of 83 degrees