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IKE CEANC ‘MATANE, Que. (UPI)

~ father-son: team: ~plopped - their balloon Kitty Haw into’ . thes virgin: wilderness: -of

Quebec's Gaspe “Peninsula completing -a

record, — - erosa-continent

4 MOBIL 5, Ala."

young: | 7,500. tect into .a ‘cluster of

ine -» ‘trees...and’. was sitalized Monday in fair. bruised: but

“EDMONTON (CP) — men lie: down In; ‘he & snow, one “in ‘the “Specialized,

layered dress ofa id light * tn 2

taineer, thé other.

- street clithes: . Alter - five. minutes, ‘the

cooly. complaint from Jim Jeffery, bundled In fleecy

synthetic longjohns, wool hooded

socks, mitts and windbreaker is that ‘his exposed nose i a little cold. But Ken Friedrich, wearing blue jeans, shirt and

light. -jacket, is already, . shivering after one minute in ‘the snow, and in 2% minutes

his body is convulsing about every 15 seconds,

‘After four minutes, Friedtich's Jaw is shaking uncontrollably, his lps shake and his breathing is erratic. He says he's becoming. light-headed,

- “All right, end of ex-

| periment,” says: instructor Chris: Hamilton

a . “This man becoming hypotherm c. “Get inside tightnow,” he orders as students ‘sdribbie:

* thelr’

notebooks. hermia, ‘or lowering of. the temperature of the. hody core, has been: described as the silent killer of cutdoors people. It is silent because it can. come o-

without the victim or his |

companion's awareness, Unless detected early and

treated promptly, it can lead to fireversible convulsions,

ele, coh ut re

tg lerneas an Edmonton highschool ‘teacher with 2 years’ experience as a mountaineering instructor in - Canada and England, says it may be killing the elderly in

homes.

- There has been recent evi- dence that neve may

7 “By BERNARD EDINGER ‘KOURDU, French Guiana

(Reuter) — The French

"Foreign Legion, forced by abandon traditional desert garrisons in North Africa, has found new scope for adventure in the Amazonian jungles of this virgin South American

territory. ‘The future looked bleak to.

many legionnaires when ‘Algeria “gained its depe famed fighting its’ flags and’ leit traditional Algerian base for lamorous new barracks ‘The establishing several years later of a sensitive Eu-

force furled

ropean space launching site ”

on the Guyanese coast called for a crack military unlit to

be: present in France's last.

ossession on the South erican continent. -

Today, on the edge of near- impenetrable rain forest and near the futuristic Guiana Space Centre, stands the im- maculately ‘ordered base camp of the legion’s Third Tafantry . Regiment, 600 “men without a past.” -

Like all legion units, it In- cludes some men who joined to forget or to be forgotten.

‘The regiment’s. com-. mander agrees that some of ' -his men joined to escape jail. .

A decorated veteran of the Algerian War with nearly 25 years gervice in the legion, Col. Antoine Fouques- Dupare says: “Certainly my men are far from beitig choir boys. “The legion takes men of all nationalities, and about 70 ,countries are today ’ represented among our total th of 8,-000 men. Thelr motive is often a search for adventure far from the drab, ey life of European in- lal suburbs. ~ ‘But there are some who come to us because they are in trouble at home. We don’t

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= them 4 ‘looking. to the: frotitiers we a »-, of ‘Ste. Felicite Jon’ the. Ste ..of : Lawrence River.

son, Kris, 28; se - foot-tall: helium’.:balloon: at.

A. otherwise: ‘unhurt; ros woman - TD ec a whése parachute. failed. fell .

alrport -

ins. ndence in 1962. The.

‘its:

Maxi Andersan: Albuquerque, N.M:,-and: his * set down the-75-_

7:27am. ‘EDT, on. a. groall ©

Police guid Ila Zan Taylor, 20, of Pascagoula, Miss., was skydiving) Near a; small,

-Sunday,:. her: parachute. ‘became: joing led: - and, failed to open veer.

| Proper dress, important wes

“be sheltered from: the. wind .

be a factor in crib deaths _

_ unexplained infant deaths, “Ja ‘treating: mild cases, fit

people. ‘usually respond well ina warm ned or. use'of & warm bath or ‘warm packs. - In moderate‘ or severe

‘eased, with a temperature - "drop below 32 Celsius, re-

arming with hot baths in a hospital Maybe successfyl 50 fo 70 per:cent of the time. Ina ruratarea, the chance of recovery: from. .sévere hypothermia is slim.

Hamilton says the best to.prevent hypothermia is y regulating body tam-

perature through proper.

food and dress, Since the body can generate heat only by burning ‘calories, the body’s furnace should be stoked with high-calorle foods. Pienty,.of liquids

off detyoaten =

oft dehydration.

Hamilton also recom

mends’ that enough clot be worn or carried, to keep ‘warm ° without

«ti Pa Pace in the'out-: | doors ‘is _

crucial. Anyone who goes.so’ fast

that he becomes deat

‘ gweat is “a raving i Hailton says.

. People's cold: tolerance varies .but eventually all succumb

ys ge —packsack . should include Ike a’ “bivvy .

something sack”) — a_ sileeve-like, lightweight nylon

person can crawl into for shelter: from the wind.

Since heart or lung failure may-occur, everyone should know - cardiopulmonary resuscitation, he says.- Moet hypothermia victims die of cardiac arrest, ‘not of the’ ei

Foreign Legion: is: Z | in South America... -

take thurderess or master |

-etiminals, .but certainly

wv S -. nee s gerrcndn tee

in. a. wind, |

gency shelter which a-

. A suspected victim should

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dot of meadciv - cin: ‘dense’ détdnated Aslye ‘timberland two miles south: ‘separate the Zondale and the ~ bag: -The’Anderaons fell’ . imhurt tothe nt-but the

o suftered od through unbearably’: and oriiile: . Weight ca ; balloons away from tht trees and: Wyom “told temperatures and snow out, thé - first? successful’ “We couldn't have made’ it. "moat ‘satiaty tat iced the balloon, b braved: ° (ani ad plane fight. seithout “the Canadian. oe reaohe the’ , thunderstorms -over. - @ pair 't eaten for’ icopter,"” Kris ‘Anderson aA Cansdian ‘military - bag was shredded by-trees.’ Wyomirg- and: desperately ~. two - “anya: because. of: air said. “We. could have come’ elicop T Le the‘ balloon: . On: the’. five-day, » about: fought.winds trying to carry: ~sickness. ‘The 5.degree below. down in the trees and: that: fork, a Hs re from é trees. About 2,800-mile journey from San - them far north, .-° "+" geno. temperatures~ were — wouid have been aprelty bad " ‘balloon wae: fo eel: a ve ‘Bound, Kris Francisca, the e adventurers. Despite being more ‘than almost - wabearable. The scene.’ : ward’. mwas of aorta ; ve : ,. 1,000 miles “from:.-their “Andersons had ‘reached a Maxi Anderson -, “Goni- | 88 they had feared.” . “original destination .of Kitty .. : maximum altitude of 27,500-. plimented . the Canadian’, Far rat Anderat, Hawk, N.C, Anderson ~ "feet daring thetr flight. but in, ‘pilots for “their. “beautiful: _ ,deemed.it as great‘a success’... the final hours, -the “tran: flying'’. and Jair. traffic.

’ -as‘his historic 1978 flight on... slucent. Kitty Hawk. glided “controllers for. their. help in. . _ “the Double Eagle Two across: “2,800 feet aver dense forests. - plotting a. course. “T’ had “the Atlantic from the United. -: Brisk winds cartied it briefly some of the finest help aman States to France. °- -..! ’. over-.northern. Maine, then could have:lere — unselfish, . Having conquered | dand . “back into. Quebec. » - eager and competent.” |. ;

and water, ‘Anderson’ now -. Ted ‘Rider of the tracking

-has another dream that will’: ” station: in- Bedford, Mass.,- the airport and Was watching carry him. beyond: Earth's. - said Sundau night the pilots - them come.down: They do it. confines. decided: to: ‘stay’ airborne. . every weekend and we take = “‘Man. always. has - his’. youll daylight so.they would. ‘~ the family outside to. watch: "dreams.and I guess the one: - -not“‘have to worry about the’ towards.. helping ‘my dad”.

*.-. #¥ou could. fiear it flap- that I have ... isto lead the .“- danger of-a night landing in’ accomplish his -dream’: of Hime” and that was. tough ping in the witid.’I looked up ~ first mining expedition inte’ “unfamiliar territory." ° .- . golng around the ‘world in a. 0

saw that’ -her ‘chute space afew years from now,’ ‘<The: Andersons. elected at’ balloon.” oa The cross‘continent: ‘flight

wasn't, golng‘to oper. Just. he said after landing, “Man ~ _daybréak to set down their. The youriger ‘Andetson. _was_ ‘his"-secand: ‘balloon before she ‘it the'ground we “usually follows were he goes: : ‘balloon ina small clearing in’ said they didn't have much - record. In “August | 1978,; went: running’. that. way to search for. raw materials, .: ‘the dense pine woods-near' free. time, although .he did: .Anderson and two cam: toward the woods, We went manage to beat his father in. panions completed the first,

Byori told i authorities she’ landed amid, some Pine:

trees,"

” Hospital. officials said ‘the - ‘woman. suffered a sprained - ankle and bruises. It was her Rad parachute Jump.

were re over eet tercain ani who could tell: where God “might gend them,” 0°.”

It ‘was just another. ‘gd

as tate pick-fip carrying .to the American ‘consulate, . venture for the calm, ‘Maxi; ‘Kris said ‘We had ‘a great | But, he said, ‘“‘I’m.glad. wet.. ‘time. We went a-long way; won't have to &. -it-again,| -

because we made it-the first:

sa te up.: T live next door to

and made to tie-down with | his. legs elevated: to ‘relieve

. Canadians and “Americans | ‘ \the’village of Ste. Felicite,- H stress onhia heart. His feet - straight ‘to her “She ‘didn’t know that.”’ ° “about: 10° miles east” of three out of four: games : of. crossing of the Atlantic in the! may be placed ina packsack . hang: opin: the trees. or — Anderson and his son knew “": Matane, "backgammon: - Double Eagle Two; touching: and heat may be thrown on anything — just hit the ‘Sunday they. would “never: : - “A Canadian Armed Forces . e- scariest part’ was down on. the. outskirts’ of his upper jody {rom a - ground, “She: was: moaning yeach their destination at |. _ helicopter created a. wash trying. to-:avoid ‘thun-- Paris after leaving Preaque;

~ * but shes wasn’t. burt.” 7 Isle, -Maine.

camplire, = Kitty. Hawk, “where Wilby

wil thts propeller to blow the.“ derstorms in souinern Utah ©

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some of our men would be He

behind bars for other, lesa

serious acts if they had not

rim anonymity. in the le- on. i}

A peculiarity . of. the.

Foreign Legion is that once a

potential recruit has told his

. true story to the officer who interviews him at the unlt’s

depot at Aubagne near.

Marseiiles, he can adopt a new legal identity. a

As far * as ‘authorities are concerned,

his past then no longer exists and he can automatically ‘claim French nationality

under his new name after his five-year enlistment. But the

legion’s physical standards... are high and only one in five: |

applicants is-accepted.

The Legion’s iron

discipline and: gruelling

‘training have been. the subject of many. booki. films. It is often said the only

thing tougher than belng a J legionnaire is getting out - before the end of the five- -

year enlistment period. Desertions are few from French Guiana, which. is separated from neighboring Brazil and Surinam by huge tracts of swampy. : Fain forests _ Infested by mosquitoes and wild animals. When not: training or patrolling jungle borders, the legionnaires gouge out roads or carry out back- breaking construction tasks for the space centre. . ' “There is no doubt that the command of legionnaires is not an easy one and that’s why our officers are among the best in the French army. But Jet’s face it, it ia often with such men that one makes the toughest soldiers. "] am ready to lead this regiment into action at any time and { know my men will follow, even into hell,”’Col. FouquesDupare says.

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