I find fleece lined pogies to be the best in comfort overall. But there are problems with this. --When it is real cold out, the shaft of the paddle feels cold against the bare hand when first paddling for the first few minutes. I know of someone, Gail Ferris, who has done a lot of Arctic paddling who stuffs foam in her paddles to avoid just such cold conduction. --If you do fall in the water, you have bare hands to deal with self-rescue, getting sprayskirt back on. I can, probably because of my hot Latin blood, handle several minutes of cold water immersion and exposure on my hands and still tie a knot. But I don't rely on this in real cold conditions and wear a lighter pair of neoprene gloves under the pogies. The key with any neoprene gloves is that they should be flexible enough to allow you to pick up a quarter off of a table. If not, then they won't be up to dealing with a self rescue. Go with a lighter, less stiff pair if you can't do the quarter trick. Even lighter stuff will give you sufficient protection. ralph diaz -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph Diaz . . . Folding Kayaker newsletter PO Box 0754, New York, NY 10024 Tel: 212-724-5069; E-mail: rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com "Where's your sea kayak?"----"It's in the bag." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Feb 05 1998 - 06:39:23 PST
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