Cryonicists at Frozen Dead Guy Festival Claim: 'Not All Frozen Guys Are Dead!'

The Cryonics Advocacy Group's official launch at this year's Frozen Dead Guy Days constitutes a bold experiment in stepping into a pool of farce with a serious message. The goal is to keep with the lighthearted tone of the weekend while informing the public about the lifesaving potential and scientific viability of cryonics as it is performed today.

Palo Alto, Calif. (PRWEB) March 4, 2006 -- March 10-12, the Cryonics Advocacy Group will deliver life-saving messages to the farcical Frozen Dead Guy Days in Nederland, CO.

The mission of the Cryonics Advocacy Group includes informing the public about the life preserving potential of cryonics. Cryonics rapidly cools those who can no longer be sustained by today's medicine to temperatures cold enough to virtually stop physical decay, with the goal of eventually restoring them to health. The Frozen Dead Guy Days, on the other hand, is a lighthearted festival that grew up around Nederland's resident "frozen dead guy", Bredo Morstoel, whose grandson Trygve Bauge had him packed in dry ice and brought here from Norway upon his death in 1989.

The major cryonics organizations, Alcor and the Cryonics Institute, are remaining at arm's length for fear that being associated with such an off-the-wall event would hurt their credibility in the scientific and business communities. Cryonicist Kennita Watson, founder and CEO of the Cryonics Advocacy Group, has no such concerns.

"The Frozen Dead Guy is a local joke, even an international one. I formed the Cryonics Advocacy Group to get the word out to as many people as possible that cryonics is a serious scientific endeavor that has the potential to save many lives, offers a viable alternative to burial or cremation, and is accessible to anyone who can afford a life insurance policy."

"I find people are smart enough to understand the difference between Grandpopsicle on dry ice in a Tuff Shed, and the laboratory conditions, extreme low temperatures, cryoprotection, and monitoring involved in mainstream cryonics", Watson asserts. "We're all about saving lives. Cryonics patients are not "frozen dead guys", they are people beyond the reach of today's medicine, carefully preserved to give medicine time to catch up."

She adds, "I want to show people how science and fun can go together. I'm very serious about saving lives, but I also want to see how fast I can get into a frozen T-shirt."

The http://www.cryonicsadvocacy.org[Cryonics Advocacy Group booth will appear in the Frozen Dead Guy Days Expo hall from 4 PM to 10 PM Friday, 10 AM to 10 PM Saturday, and 10 AM to 5 PM Sunday.

For more information on the Cryonics Advocacy Group, see: http://cryonicsadvocacy.org .
For more information on the Frozen Dead Guy Days, see: http://frozendeadguydays.com .

About the Cryonics Advocacy Group:
The Cryonics Advocacy Group (CAG) is a grass-roots organization, whose mission is to spread information about cryonics and related life-extension technologies.

About Kennita Watson:
Kennita Watson, CEO and founder of CAG, has been involved with the cryonics and life extension community for over ten years, and in political campaigning and outreach for nearly twenty.

Contact:

Kennita Watson, Founder
Cryonics Advocacy Group
408-373-1147
http://cryonicsadvocacy.org

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