Re: [Paddlewise] winter wear...[and trip report]

> 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

Actually, I like to have a spare set of dry clothes that I put in
a tough dry sack as filler.   Takes half a sec to load'em in, and
makes the sack easier to wiggle into the right spot for floatation.

> 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.

Another idea that I've used winter backpacking is to select 
all your clothing of the variety that you can strip off, 
squeeze dry, and put back on.  Polartec, polypro undies,
and goretex shells do this trick quite well.  I know, because
I took a swim (while backpacking) in January in the North Fork
Gila River.  I've never felt colder water in my life.

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