Originally Posted by Lee24

When you are cold, the tendency is to curl up and hunker down, and if the situation is not appropriate for that, you will die right there.


Really, knit-wit?! The general understanding (from those who routinely extract such victims) is that they tend toward counter clockwise traverses and shed clothing at various intervals. On balance, not a lot of "hunkering down" is seen during recovery.

Old post, but good lord!