Re: [Paddlewise] When do you start and stop wearing cold water gear?

Greg wrote;

--(SNIP)

>
>So, what about that 100 degree rule?
>
>

In an earlier discussion about the 100 degree rule I think we all agreed
that the "Rule" was not absolute.

It serves as a guide only.

I don't think that any magic exists for any temperature or combination of
temperatures. Personal conditioning, the type of cold weather gear you
wear, whether you paddle alone etc. all influence how you react to the
"RULE". As such we can consider the "RULE" unfortunate nomenclature sort of
like "Greenland kayak" or Greenland paddle".

As presented to me the 100 degree rule served to stimulate thinking about
what you should wear. I do not think anyone ever expected people to pull
out their thermometers and say, "Oh, its 100.25 so I don't have to wear a
wet suit."

Cheers,
John Winters
Redwing Designs
Specialists in Human Powered Watercraft
http://home.ican.net/~735769/



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