RE: [Paddlewise] Ice Swimming

There may be an entrepreneurial opportunity here.  We seem to have a need
for a non-compressible insulation material that will keep the insulating air
from being squeezed out from under a dry suit and keep the insulating air
from collecting near the feet of the paddler and holding the paddler upside
down in the water.  Although I have never tried it, I am told that extensive
paddling in a head down, feet up position is not a recommended practice and
may be anti-survival.  I will leave the experimental proof to others. 

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Application of a dose of Canadian Ballast Rocks (TM) would certainly solve
that problem.  If you had a problem with flatulence whilst emmersed, they
would also help prevent you from becoming airborne once you reached shore,
particularily if one of your smoking friends was about.

I frequently carry small, rounded Canadian Ballast Rocks (TM) in my pocket
for emergency use.  However, this tends to pull my pants down.  My
understanding is this is how the infamous butt crack was invented.  I try to
avoid this though, because of the draft and occassional risque remarks.  To
circumvent this problem I've resorted to suspenders but they tend to dig
into my shoulders and pull my pants up much higher than is comfortable.

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