Re: [Paddlewise] Wet My Suit

LOAN YOU A DRYSUIT???!!!  ARE YOU KIDDING???!!!

On Sun, 20 Feb 2000 18:55:52 -0800 "Paul" <quale_at_ix.netcom.com> writes:
> Awhile back there was discussion about different methods to keep the 
> drysuit
> dry.  Dry after bladder elimination, that is.
> 
> Before I ask my question, please skip to the next message for 
> subject matter
> unrelated to the bathroom (one should hope).  My question isn't as 
> bad as
> watching a National Geographic special of the African desert where 
> they show
> the mother washing the baby in fresh cow urine.
> 
> Anyway, I didn't like the idea of fiddling with those appliances or
> attempting unzip maneuvers on the high seas.  Still, I need the cold 
> water
> protection which only a drysuit gives, or so the argument goes.  (I 
> haven't
> tried one yet).
> 
> Even if I eliminate immediately prior to settling into the cockpit, 
> as soon
> as my hands dip into the cold ocean, I feel the urge.  To add to the 
> flow
> woes, I seem to constantly suck on my convenient hydration system.  
> So, it's
> not more than an hour into the voyage before I just let 'er, er him,
> nonchalantly drain.  Result: a warm wetsuit.  No biggie, paddle on.
> 
> Here's my theory how it will work while wearing a drysuit.  First, 
> I'm not
> going to do anything different than what I do in the wetsuit--no 
> bags, adult
> diapers, or unzipping.  Just pee away into my polypro tights! I 
> figure the
> goretex will help evaporate most moisture.  What moisture remains 
> will,
> through capillary action, dissipate into the rest of the tights.  
> Zip out of
> the suit at the end of the journey, say, 30 minutes from the last 
> episode,
> and nothing embarrassingly detectable.
> 
> Can anybody confirm my theories or am I in danger of freezing with 
> this
> method?  If I can rent a drysuit or if someone on the list is 
> willing to
> loan theirs out to me to test these ideas, please write.  I promise 
> not to
> crap into it!
> 
> Thanks,
> Name withheld for obvious reasons.
> 
>
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