>> At 01:42 PM 1/14/99 -0600, you wrote: I use >the halogen bulb for kayaking, and the krypton bulb for digging out a >quinzee and other close work. > >Chuck Holst Okay, Chuck, I gotta know. What's a quinzee? (Or is this one of those set-ups where you casually slip a word like "Henway" into conversation, and when the newbie bites and asks "What's a Henway?" you slap your knee and reply "Oh, about a pound and a half!") Cheers Philip T. N49°16' W123°08' >> *********************************************************************** A quinzee, or quinzhee, is a snow hut made by piling up a mound of snow and then digging out the center -- sort of a cross between a snow cave and an igloo. Since I often don't finish digging out my quinzees till after dark, I find a headlamp very handy, but because of the quinzee's white walls, it doesn't have to be very bright. I have read that "quinzee" is derived from an Athabascan word. Chuck Holst N44°59' W93°12' *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
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