Re: [Paddlewise] Dry Suit Field Test

From: Larry Bliven <foxhill_at_shore.intercom.net>
Date: Sun, 2 May 1999 17:24:47 -0400
>From Patrick

<snip>

>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!


What you're suggesting makes too much sense. i too wondered why a quality
company like Kokatat sells a high dollar drysuit that arrives with no
instructions for use.

fortunately for Kokatat, most of our local club members support the
prouduct... even though no instructions are provided.

perhaps a thread of tips on how folks get into and out of their drysuits
would be useful.

i keep my head vertical while putting mine on... i am concerned about a neck
injury at a remote location. powder all over my bald head, ears, and neck
help it slip on easier. afterwards, i look like the Pillsbury doughboy.



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