I'll second Dave that the latex booties are a good idea. I just had some put on my suit and it makes getting in and out a pleasure. Well, maybe not pleasure, but much nicer. One of the main hassle of the suit used to be pilling up all the various foogear (and still having leaks) and the constant pain of leg hairs being pulled off. A couple things to try when putting your suit on and taking it off: Always put your fingers way in to the gasket and spread from deep in the gasket rather than grabbing the edges. This will keep a lot of the stress of the edge of the gasket where it can tear. If you are having trouble getting your head in, experiment with the order you put your various limbs through the gaskets. Putting my left arm in first, then my head, then my right arm (on a Kokotat front-entry) seems to be easiest. I actually found the easiest way to get the ankle gaskets off was to just pull the suit down from the top and have them pop off (kind of like the wrong way to take socks off). Always resign yourself to looking like a fool when suiting up. -Patrick -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick Maun pmaun_at_bitstream.net *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Nov 23 1998 - 11:05:38 PST
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