One of the problems with paddling in icy conditions is that you have to work really hard to keep making headway. Was out today, air temp around 20 degrees F, water temp around 32.5 degrees F, wind from the south at 20 -25 mph. Heading north the wind was at our back, so we had a little, but very little, glide paddling through the "snow cone" like substance in Lake Michigan. But, when we headed back south, the wind took all the glide out of our progress. Still had fun though! Some photos of winter paddling at my website--www.wildernessconnection.com JohnB *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
WildConect_at_aol.com wrote: > One of the problems with paddling in icy conditions is that you have to work > really hard to keep making headway. Was out today, air temp around 20 > degrees F, water temp around 32.5 degrees F, wind from the south at 20 -25 > mph. Heading north the wind was at our back, so we had a little, but very > little, glide paddling through the "snow cone" like substance in Lake > Michigan. But, when we headed back south, the wind took all the glide out of > our progress. Still had fun though! > > Some photos of winter paddling at my website--www.wildernessconnection.com > > JohnB > *************************************************************************** > 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/ > *************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
WildConect_at_aol.com wrote: > Heading north the wind was at our back, so we had a little, but very > little, glide paddling through the "snow cone" like substance in Lake > Michigan. I usually refer to this, a tad incorrectly sometimes, as frazile ice. Technically, frazile ice is the slush formed in water that is just about to freeze into a solid sheet. Sometimes, the stuff you paddle through is snow or crushed ice and not exactly frazile. I have a dictionary that defines frazile as ice that forms on the bottom of a lake. Given that the densest water is above the freezing point and that the ice forming will float to the top, it's unlikely that this could happen. Mike *************************************************************************** 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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