Not that I plan on paddling in sever winter weather, but what do you wear to protect your face from the winter wind? Those Polish face mask things, bachalavas or whatever? For those of us with young, soft, delicate (baby butt) skin, continuous cold wind on the face can be pretty painful. If you use those face mask thingees, what material/thickness? If not, what do you use? It would be nice, if venturing out in windy weather, to be able to breathe and see. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
Sisler, Clyde wrote: > > Not that I plan on paddling in sever winter weather, but what do you wear to > protect your face from the winter wind? Those Polish face mask things, > bachalavas or whatever? [snip] If you use those face mask > thingees, what material/thickness? If not, what do you use? I used to use a cheap knit acrylic balaclava. Now I have one in Polartec 100 polyester. I wear it over my mouth & nose in cold weather. The only problem is that it tends to funnel my breath up to my glasses, making them fog up. -- Lloyd Bowles The Mad Canoeist "Keep the open side up!" http://www.fortunecity.com/greenfield/clearstreets/358/index.html *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
> From: Sisler, Clyde <Clyde.Sisler_at_wang.com> > Not that I plan on paddling in sever winter weather, but what do you wear to > protect your face from the winter wind? Those Polish face mask things, > bachalavas or whatever? For skiing I use a light neoprene cowl which has vents for my nose and mouth. It covers my cheeks, nose, and mouth. Terrific for wind. Ice just knocks off. In the deep freeze I use a fleece balaclava. It isn't the best for wind, but is very comfy if I hunker down inside my jacket collar and under my hat. Ice build up can become a bit of a problem. Seeing can be a problem. On snow, glare necessitates the use of UV protective glasses or goggles, but they fog and freeze up easily. Waxes and soaps help. Exhaling down through the mouth helps. Never entering a warm, moist tent with the goggles or glasses helps. Weeny glasses (e.g. Oakley's) help by permitting air flow, but this conflicts with wind burn and frostbite if it is very cold. Electric fan goggles are wonderful, but of course require batteries. Probably the best wind protection is to find some macho type to hide behind. Pride has no place in the backcountry ;> Richard Culpeper Past-member, Canadian National Ski Team, Telemark Division *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
Clyde Sisler wrote >For those of us with young, soft, delicate (baby butt) skin, continuous cold >wind on the face can be pretty painful. Hold me back I want to comment but not thrown off the list. Please don't set yourself up so easy. Dana *************************************************************************** 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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