Re: [Paddlewise] Risk Homeowhatsis

skimmer_at_mail.enter.net wrote:
> 
> > Subject:       Re: [Paddlewise] Risk Homeowhatsis
> 
> > I might also add that not dressing for emersion in the winter also keeps
> > me screamingly in tune to the conditions.
> >
> > James
> ===========================
> 
> Hi James,
> 
> Sounds like a great plan.   Are you recommending this for everyone?
>

Nope! Not even saying it is a great plan. It is the way I do it tho. I 
also have a very solid vision of the risks/consequinses, and so does my 
wife.

 
> Tell us about your rolling skills.
>

I paddle a folding kayak. Never tried to roll, and can't emagine why I 
would want to learn. I do work full time at keeping the inside of the 
boat and me dry tho.

 
> Is part of your plan to never capsize in cold water?
>

That's right! I did that many years ago(in janurary)with an empty boat. 
Didn't much care for it. Now days I carry lots of exspencive camera gear 
and ham radios that would likely be ruined if I flipped.

I agree that no one should go out nilly willy without a second though 
about the dangers, no matter what the season. I just figure(and most 
likely disagree)that the odds of me needing a drysuit, given the area I 
paddle and the conditions I choose to paddle in, is so low on the scale 
that I have decided to dress for the air temps and enjoy my life instead 
of the olterative sp?.

I do understand your concerns, and appreciate your thoughts.
I do wear a PFD full time, so in the event that I do get in over my head 
someday..., well, atleast they won't have to go diving for me, right.

James 
> Chuck Sutherland
> http://www.enter.net/~skimmer

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