Stuff sneaks up on you in a hurry.
I’ve had hypothermia many times, it comes with the territory.
The biggest surprise was we were crappy fishing one year in early April, and the morning started out at 50°. A squall came through soaking both of us while we were catching fish hand over hand. I think anybody can see where this went, the backside of the front was 30°, and in short order both of us had progressed past intense shivering to what is called “dumb brain”. Which means that your ability to reason and coordinate your movements is impacted by the lower core temperature.
It was pretty scary. You just don’t expect to get hypothermia spring time crappy fishing.
Took several hours in a lukewarm bath to bring my temperature back up.
