On Sat, 6 Nov 1999, RiDem wrote: > Can anyone recommend a source and brand of medium weight wool pants? ... > I need to find something that I can wade in knee to waist deep water while > canoeing (lining shallow rocky river stretches) where I will be in & out of > the boat constantly, in cold water, and cool air temps, and possibly windy > weather. Last year I wore cotton blue jeans for this task! Never again! > Fleece (poly) pants just get to heavy and movement restricting in the water. Are you sure you want wool? I would recommend a 2-layer combo: Light-weight closely woven nylon over synthetic "wicking" long underwear. The bottom layer chosen in a thickness according to your desire for warmth and the particular conditions. e Elaine Harmon - eilidh_at_dc.seflin.org - eharmon_at_cs.miami.edu *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sun Nov 07 1999 - 00:33:09 PST
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