{"id":2265,"date":"2014-02-15T14:05:40","date_gmt":"2014-02-15T18:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/?p=2265"},"modified":"2014-02-15T14:05:40","modified_gmt":"2014-02-15T18:05:40","slug":"valentines-day-swamping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/?p=2265","title":{"rendered":"Valentines Day Swamping"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Cleanup frame grab from 2014-02-14 video clip<\/p><\/div>\n

It was a warm, sunny day. The temperature was near 60F (15C) with a light breeze. Low tide was precariously close to sunset, but I was determined to take advantage of the nice weather and get some video.<\/p>\n

When I got out on the water, I realized that the “light breeze” over the water was downright chilling. What I hadn’t considered was the effect of 2 inches of freezing precipitation that had fallen recently. The water was ice cold. I was under dressed for conditions, but I was determined to get some video with my new camera rig.<\/p>\n

I had arrived at least an hour before low tide, since the sun would be near the horizon by the time the tide was all the way out. I found a muddy spot on the shore to stop and shoot some video of me, stomping around in ankle deep mud, while I waited for the tide to go out. Eventually, I got back in my kayak and went in search of some exposed mud. I was worried about the icy cold water, and I knew I couldn’t afford to get too cold, with the sun setting and my lack of warm clothes.<\/p>\n

I found my mudding spot, set up my equipment, and stepped in. It took about 2 steps to realize that I wasn’t going to be able to walk around in that thick mud with boots. The boots got sucked in and it was nearly impossible to break the grip of the mud. I struggled hard until I got myself back onto solid ground. Then I moved my audio recorder and stepped back in. I already had mud up to my crotch, so I was determined to get more video before I stripped off my muddy clothes and made my way back. That second dip found me almost waist deep in thick mud and pretty effectively stuck.<\/p>\n

I eventually dragged myself out of the mud and wandered into the water to rinse off, with the camera still recording. By that time, the sun was about to set, so I put the camera away and got serious about getting cleaned up and into dry clothes. My toes were nearly frozen and my fingers were pretty cold. I got my muddy boots off and stripped off my muddy jeans. I rinsed off as well as I could, toweled off the excess water, and put on dry clothes for the paddle home. Fortunately, I had dry socks and shoes with me. I had, at least, anticipated not wanting to stay in cold, wet boots any longer than necessary.<\/p>\n

I paddled hard on the way back to build up my core body temperature. I was also racing the setting sun. I arrived back at my car shortly after sunset. My toes were still cold, but the rest of me was pretty warm. It was nice to get into a warm car, once I had my gear loaded. The best part was the hot shower I took when I got home, and the hot bowl of soup I ate after I got out of the shower. As I like to say, “Its all part of the adventure”.<\/p>\n

Oh, I nearly forgot to mention; the video is finished and available for download. It’s definitely not my usual video style. The body rig does not product a steady video, but it’s an interesting point of view. I found it conveyed the struggle in a way that you wouldn’t get from a tripod shot. Here is the link: Swamping in Jeans & Boots<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It was a warm, sunny day. The temperature was near 60F (15C) with a light breeze. Low tide was precariously close to sunset, but I was determined to take advantage of the nice weather and get some video. When I got out on the water, I realized that the “light breeze” over the water was … Continue reading »<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-deepmud","category-teasertrailers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2265"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2265\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2268,"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2265\/revisions\/2268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}