> While we are at it, if you have some gizmo that has turned out to be a really > neat piece of gear [snip] When we first started kayaking, Jackie insisted that she would need a way to clean up. We bought a solar shower, and after the first trip we bought a second. Our first trip was guided, and by the fourth day EVERYONE was eyeing our solar showers. Even when there isn't any sun, it is better to wash up with water that has been in the shower for a couple of hours rather than skinny dipping in a icy creek. Brian. -- ================================================================ | Brian Heifner | Email: bheifner_at_rational.com | | Technical Writer | Tel: 503-748-6743 | | Rational Software Corporation | | ================================================================ *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
In a message dated 98-10-16 11:49:17 EDT, bheifner_at_Rational.Com writes: << When we first started kayaking, Jackie insisted that she would need a way to clean up. We bought a solar shower, and after the first trip we bought a second. Our first trip was guided, and by the fourth day EVERYONE was eyeing our solar showers. Even when there isn't any sun, it is better to wash up with water that has been in the shower for a couple of hours rather than skinny dipping in a icy creek. >> As a sidebar to Brian's excellent point about solar showers, one place they <don't> work too well is on glacial rivers --- talk about icy creeks! It's not the temperature of the water so much, but glacial streams carry huge amounts of glacial "dust" --- there's a technical term for it that I've lost at the moment --- suspended in the water, and the opacity of this water keeps the sun (assuming you can find much in the Yukon) from penetrating the water to warm the inside black lining in the bottom of the bag. We didn't try filtering the water because (1) we didn't think we'd get down to the size of the particles that caused the problem and (2) we didn't <have> anything --- less a clean cloth handkerchief --- that looked like it would work. But, if you plan to run a glacial river for a while and don't care for cold shock, some sort of very fine filter would be a good accessory for your solar shower. Jack Martin *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
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