This is actually true though, when I was in the Army we were always told to be careful during cold weather deployments due to this and if you had surgery within 72 hours you skipped the cold weather drop.
In 1984 they dropped my group deep in Alaska backwood during early Spring, we were at a pretty low altitude and had to hike 40 miles through primal territory to get to the pickup location in two days, but the path went right over a mountain range and altitude went up something like 2000 feet then back down if I recall. At the crest of the mountain the temperature was around 10 degrees.
We were working over the top and there was no snow falling but there was some on the ground, it was a slog for sure. We were all under 25 - I was the oldest one and the least athletic of them all. Janey, this wirey dude who was super smart and was a long distance cyclist, collapsed suddenly and we had to radio in and hike him to an emergency pickup spot. He ended up dying on the helicopter ride to our home base and it turned out to be a blood clot from the cold - he weighed 120lbs tops, 22 years old, and was healthy as a horse.
Oh it's definitely a cover for that crap, but the reality is your temperature changes and blood clots do happen even to healthy people all the time. My father died from a blood clot - he spent two weeks in colorado and then flew home to Florida and he had a stroke on the airplane because a clot disloged and went into his brain.
This is actually true though, when I was in the Army we were always told to be careful during cold weather deployments due to this and if you had surgery within 72 hours you skipped the cold weather drop.
In 1984 they dropped my group deep in Alaska backwood during early Spring, we were at a pretty low altitude and had to hike 40 miles through primal territory to get to the pickup location in two days, but the path went right over a mountain range and altitude went up something like 2000 feet then back down if I recall. At the crest of the mountain the temperature was around 10 degrees.
We were working over the top and there was no snow falling but there was some on the ground, it was a slog for sure. We were all under 25 - I was the oldest one and the least athletic of them all. Janey, this wirey dude who was super smart and was a long distance cyclist, collapsed suddenly and we had to radio in and hike him to an emergency pickup spot. He ended up dying on the helicopter ride to our home base and it turned out to be a blood clot from the cold - he weighed 120lbs tops, 22 years old, and was healthy as a horse.
Yes. But this is not some critical issue when your house is 65 degrees inside and you're wearing a sweater.
No, it's not, but if it was like 50 and you were naked it could be a slight concern!
Jesus...we live at 8800 ft. And it was 10 deg the other day. And I shoveled snow!!!
Ohhhh the humanity!!!!
Did you know 1500 people die a year shoveling snow?
Didn’t know the specific number. But sure...out of shape people exerting themselves once every too long can exacerbate cardiac issues.
But this crap they’re shoveling is coverup for the clotshots.
Two very different situations.
Oh it's definitely a cover for that crap, but the reality is your temperature changes and blood clots do happen even to healthy people all the time. My father died from a blood clot - he spent two weeks in colorado and then flew home to Florida and he had a stroke on the airplane because a clot disloged and went into his brain.