Paddlewise: Lately my legs have begun to itch quite badly when I'm in and out of saltwater. It's a real pain. Once I shower, the itching is gone. Has anyone else experienced this and found a solution? Thanks, and a Happy New Year to all. Josh (itchy in Ra`anana, Israel, and enjoying his first kayaking lessons in 68 degree water...) ============================================================================== Dr. Joshua Teitelbaum, Research Fellow Tel: [972] 3-640-6448 Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and Fax: [972] 3-641-5802 African Studies Tel Aviv University Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv 69978 Israel E-mail:teitelba_at_ccsg.tau.ac.il www.dayan.org ============================================================================== *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
> From: Joshua Teitelbaum <teitelba_at_post.tau.ac.il> > Lately my legs have begun to itch quite badly when I'm in and out of > saltwater. It's a real pain. Once I shower, the itching is gone. Has > anyone else experienced this and found a solution? Hi Josh, Yup, I've had the same problem. If there is a shower nearby to the take out, I take a quick shower. On multi-day trips where a shower is not available, I have taken skin lotion and that helps. So do those baby wipes (which are always handy as well as a luxury on multi-day trips). > Thanks, and a Happy New Year to all. Cheers and Happy Y2K to you, too :-) Jackie * * *. * .* *. . * * * . * . . * * * * * .* . * *. .* * * * * . : . * .* . * . . * * * *. `. ... .' .* .* .* * - : - * * * * .`. .`.'. .' * .* __ `.' __ * * * .`.'. : .' .' . * * .' `. .' `. * * - . . . `. . '. .'. . * * .-. Y .-.* * * * ' . . . . . . . * * .'_ . . . `. * * .' . . . . . * * *.' `. : , * * * . . ` . : .' . . * .' .. `. . .. * . . . . * . .' `. : .' `. * * .-. . .-. * * * . . . . . . . * . * . . . . * . * . . .:. . * * . . * .:. * . . * * ... * * * .:. * * * * .:. * * * :.: * * * :.: * * .:. * .:. ,/7_ :.: _ _ / _`, / \O/ \ (.)\7 \|_ " 0 /^~' ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~` `~ '~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~ ``,''~~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ );( ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~'' ~ ``~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ _ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~ ~ ~~~ \\ \\ ~~~ ~ ~~~~~ ~~~~ ~ ~~~ ~ ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ `\ ,sSSs,\, _,_ )\w/( ^v^. ,sSS..)/{) ~~ ~ ,==(~ \ <<..>< ..> sSSS_v)/ \ ) / ~~ ~~ )<*> <<*> sSS[(\_]___\ .'/ <(_/_o_o__o_o 'sS[_`-+---+) { `~.. ~~~ \----+-----------+---'---`-----\-------') \ ` ~~~~~~~ ~~jf ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~\~ ~~~~ ~~~ `. `. ~~ \ ``\ , \ ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ \\ `|\|"\\\ \\ | \ ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ ` ~~~ ~ __|_/___ (\ ~~~~ ~~ ~~~~ >jf:-) (/ (c)jackie *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
To Jackie, Joan, and Peter: Thanks for the advice on saltwater itching. Wiping down with a bit of freshwater and baby wipes seemed to do the trick pretty well... BTW, my second kayak lesson went pretty well. Only tipped out twice, but this was an excellent chance to practice rescues. We are being taught in Romany 18s, without rudders, using feathered Lendal paddles. I'm still a bit unsteady, but my wife is doing better than I. We also practiced entering and exiting through some surf. Now THAT was fun! Best, Josh ============================================================================== Dr. Joshua Teitelbaum, Research Fellow Tel: [972] 3-640-6448 Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and Fax: [972] 3-641-5802 African Studies Tel Aviv University Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv 69978 Israel E-mail:teitelba_at_ccsg.tau.ac.il www.dayan.org ============================================================================== *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
In a message dated 12/30/99 7:01:58 AM, teitelba_at_post.tau.ac.il writes: << Lately my legs have begun to itch quite badly when I'm in and out of saltwater. It's a real pain. Once I shower, the itching is gone. Has anyone else experienced this and found a solution? >> Me too. What I do is carry a lot of water and I carry a kerchief in a ziploc bag. When it is especially annoying I wet the kerchief and wipe my legs down. I use a skirt so once I'm clean of the salt I'm usually ok until I get out again. The zippy keeps the cloth free of more salt water and it really doesn't take much water to dilute the salt enough for it to quit bothering me. If you don't use a skirt or are on the Dead Sea, with its extraordinarily high concentration of salt, you may find you need a great deal of water to deal with the problem if it is getting to you while you are IN the boat. If so, I'd suggest if you don't use a skirt, do so. You may find that the choice is among, the heat of the skirt, the itchy salt in high salt environments, or LOTS of water to rinse down with. Good luck, happy new year and stay safe both on and off the water, Joan Spinner Paddling in the Chesapeake Bay watershed Paddler of a lovely red CD Breeze and a yellow/white Dagger Meridian SK *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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