Ralph wrote: >I never trust bungee deck cord for any thing more than what it is, i.e. >a device meant to press down temporarily loose stuff and to keep stuff >from slipping around. Good point. I use those little carabineer they sell at most outdoors stores. You know the ones -- they are made to be used as "cool" keychains or something. I always use these to last my various toys to the deck lines. That way, if anything comes loose it isn't going to disappear. >When I bought my dry suit 10 years ago, I never thought for a moment >that its latex gaskets should be against anything but skin, painful and >irritating as it might be at times. Before I got booties, I used to put on those real think wicking socks under the ankle gaskets. They were think enough to not wick very much water in. Kokatat makes great suits, but they really should include some instructions for use. What is the easiest way to get the suit on (left arm first, then neck, then right arm), the proper way to put gaskets on (reaching down far and pulling the gasket open with the length of your finger, not the tips), and they should at least mention the effects of gaskets on leg hair! Clyde, get the booties. I get cold feet and hated all the stuff I'd have to force my feet into for a winter paddle. Now I just throw on some wool socks and put fleece botties on over those, and finally slip on a pair of neoprene x-large botties over the latex booties. We use the word "bootie" far too much on this list. -Patrick *************************************************************************** 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 Sun May 02 1999 - 13:29:28 PDT
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