On Sat, 21 Feb 1998 JCMARTIN43_at_aol.com wrote: [snip] >>The last point --- is this all theoretical stuff for you? If you trust your >>wetsuit, have you swum it in 40 degree water for 20 minutes? Have you rolled >>in 40 degree water --- or done a re-entry and roll or an assisted rescue after >>a swim? Have you swum in your drysuit for a half hour in 40 degree water? Do >>you know if your drysuit seals are really solid? Is the insulation you're >>wearing good enough for the water temp? Try it! In some controlled >>situation, with friends spotting and a rewarming capability on the beach. But >>don't go with any <theory> touted on this server! If you're going to paddle >>tomorrow, first <know> that your gear will work. >> >>My two cents --- maybe a little over-budget. >> >>Joq of the Chesapeake >> we had a swimmer today on my trip, almost at the put in, while we were playing. luckily he had spare warm clothes... how many folks carry spare clothes on your trips?? for most of my whitewater trips, i leave dry clothes in the car, so i can change at the end.... actually, now that i think about it, the "spare" bag i carry goes on all trips. some trips, i put the bag in the back compartment of my sea kayak, or in a dry bag, thrown into my canoe, though most of the more casual, laid-back trips, like today, the spares were in the car... our swimmer self-rescued his canoe, before any of us got there. he stood in the sun and dried off some, then elected to paddle a mile or two to warm up. once warm, we stopped, and he changed into dry clothes, and we had a good time. two pairs of bald eagles, about a dozen hawks, and more mallards than we cared to count!! 10 miles on the river, 3 1/2 hours to paddle, including 20 minutes of playing in some great eddies and surfing waves. perhaps the biggest problem with the paddle on this section of river, is the fact the play spot is 1/4 mile from the put in, so then you're wiped out the next 9 3/4 miles!! mark #------canoeist[at]netbox[dot]com-------------------------------------- mark zen o, o__ o_/| o_. po box 474 </ [\/ [\_| [\_\ ft. lupton, co 80621-0474 (`-/-------/----') (`----|-------\-') #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~ http://www.diac.com/~zen/cpr [Colorado Paddlers' Resource] http://www.diac.com/~zen/rmskc [Rocky Mtn Sea Kayak Club] http://www.diac.com/~zen/rmcc [Rocky Mtn Canoe Club Trip Page] http://www.diac.com/~zen/mark [personal] -- Fortune: The older a man gets, the farther he had to walk to school as a boy. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net ***************************************************************************Received on Sat Feb 21 1998 - 19:17:24 PST
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