JSpinner_at_aol.com wrote: > I'm VERY unsure about just pogies in cold water. If I go in with no > protection or just my fingerless gloves, I really doubt I'd be in any better > shape for dexterity than I was with the toasty gloves. What I have decided to > do is *KICKING & SCREAMING* go to a Euro paddle, put short pogies on the > shaft, and wear the Seal Skin gloves that will at least give me a few seconds > before my hands are about useless. > If your hands are gone you can't hold a paddle to do that reenter and > roll, nor anything else that requires holding onto things. VERY scary! The short pogies/Seal Skin glove solution sounds like the ticket for you, Joan. I have used pogies (but with no gloves) for years, in cold water, and never had a problem with cold-induced loss of finger dexterity, in multiple wet exits. Caveat: I am one of those "warm hands" people who rarely need gloves when the weather is cold. Unless you have a medical condition (or somesuch) which makes your hands especially sensitive to cold, I suspect that if your hands quickly become useless on immersion, the problem is likely to be insufficient immersion clothing on your torso/head. This is a variant of the old saw: "If your feet are cold, put on a warm hat." When I paddle on cold water, I wear enough immersion clothing so that I am really warm while paddling. Consequently it takes a long time (at least an hour? has not happened yet) for my hands to lose function/feeling when I go in. -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Mar 06 2001 - 22:12:43 PST
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