And a conclusion: Icing reduces one's safety margin considerably. Paddling in such cold weather is an interesting experiment, but I don't recommend it for extended trips. ----------------- Interesting comments. Have you (or anyone else) ever had the nerve to walk into the water and submerge yourself in your drysuit before or after a paddle in that kind of weather? I feel I have to do that before my first cold paddle because a) I want to know in general what it's really like in a controlled situation and b) to ensure I have enough insulation. I'm still trying to get my latex neck gasket to fit without passing out though. I think it's stretched about as far as it's going to. I've got it wrapped around a gallon paint can with 4 paperbacks around the can and an entire Sunday paper between the can and the paperbacks. I suspect I might have to go find the scissors. I've been going slow in the effort because once cut, duct tape probably won't work to put the gasket back together :-). Right now, I think I'm more concerned about my hands in a dump situation than the poor ol' bod. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ *************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** 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 Tue Jan 05 1999 - 05:17:11 PST
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