From: Strosaker_at_aol.com Date sent: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 00:00:51 EDT Subject: [Paddlewise] Wetsuit Overheading Danger To: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Send reply to: Strosaker_at_aol.com > I have read that for safety reasons you should be dressed for water > temperature, not air temperature, when kayaking. As a result, the authors > say you should wear a wetsuit when paddling in cold water. I wear a wetsuit > when I know I am going to be in the water, such as when I am surfing and > practicing rolling, sculling and bracing..... At first I thought you were trolling, Duane, but everyone else is taking your post seriously, so I will too. Sorta. Your logic is good: my limited experience in Southern California and the Baja says that the water is never very warm, and, "... when [you] know [you're] going to be in the water ..." a wetsuit is probably needed for comfort and probably for survival on any extended swim. So when you're going to be swimming, you wear a wetsuit and rotocool for to avoid hyperthermia. My question is this: how do you know when you are going to be in the water? Do you know for certain that you won't get wet on any given day? If you can always predict when you are or aren't going to swim --- and if your life might depend on this kind of accurace, which it might --- I'd like to know if you do any consulting on lottery tickets and at horse tracks. Seriously, you acknowledge needing a wetsuit when you're going to swim, but how do you know you aren't? Jack Martin *************************************************************************** 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 Mon Apr 12 1999 - 10:13:34 PDT
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