>In my case, I won't be out in very cold air temperatures, not much less the >50-60F (I hope). The water will probably be less than 40-50F though. I was >kinda planning on synthentic long johns, polortec sweat pants, and a >polortec shirt and/or sweater underneath the dry suit with a heavier winter >wind breaker if needed on the outside. Be careful not to overdress. I usually wear a pair of long johns and a pair of expedition weight capillene pants over those. My lower body doesn't generally overheat though. My upper body does get quit hot when paddling so I generally wear only a capillene t-shirt with a medium weight capillene shirt over that. This is for 30F+ air with 30-40F water. If it gets much colder I'll put on another shirt. I think one danger with over dressing is the perspiration that builds up and ends up soaking everything you're wearing. And yes, I do swim quite a bit -- I mean, how else am I going to justify spending that $600 on a drysuit if I don't at least put it to good use by body surfing in Lake Superior? -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 Wed Dec 02 1998 - 11:52:11 PST
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