In a message dated 1/5/1999 10:42:12 AM EST, CHUCK_at_multitech.com writes: << I considered wading into the river after my takeout, but the current and the knowledge that I would be standing around in a windchill below zero afterward dissuaded me. I know others who have done it, though, and it is something I would like to try in other circumstances -- say, just as the ice is going off the city lakes. >> Windchill is the calculated effect the wind has on wet skin, not on clothed, dry suited skin. Although the wind does have an effect on the amount of heat removed from your body through teh insulation layers and the dry or wet suit. The effect is similar, but not the same. It is like measuring apples and oranges. John LeBlanc *************************************************************************** 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 - 15:35:30 PST
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