Kenneth Cooperstein wrote: > As to relieving yourself at sea, I don't understand how a relief zipper > helps. Opening the skirt, taking off your gloves, unzipping, finding > your way through all the layers, all the while balancing the boat, is > highly problematic. Then, you have the problem of not peeing all over > yourself. Seems much easier to just get a $12 condom catheter and leg > bag. Ladies can use an adult diaper. The relief zipper, to me, is to make life easy on shore. I don't want to struggle with the main zipper and getting out of the suit*. If I had a _looong_ crossing to do, I'd probably go with a catheter. Most of my paddling is involves short distance island hopping, so I've never practiced the art of in-kayak peeing. Mike *(I'll never forget the time I first tried on a dry suit. I thought I'd die, trapped inside the partially removed suit in the change room at the store, with no one to rescue me!). *************************************************************************** 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 Wed Jan 12 2000 - 18:24:48 PST
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