Re: [Paddlewise] snow

From: Ari Saarto <ari0236_at_Saunalahti.fi>
Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2001 14:38:17 +0300
Jim wrote:

>    SNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!....................that's the reason 
>I left the
>Midwest for the south. I used to have to go into lizard mode 
>and bask in the
>garden on the one sunny day out of thirty during the winter 
>months. I once saw
>a  white water boat used as a sled. Could a tandem boat be 
>used as a toboggan?
>Perhaps use the rudder as an ice brake?
 

Snow is the reason I am preferring to camp out the
outer islands of Baltic sea - nothing beats balancing
the slippery and wet rocks in the mornings! At least
the neprene boots smell less if it gets below zero
degrees centigrades... Dark nights and foggy mornings
have arrived.

Testing my winter sleeping bag tomorrow night.

-Ari-

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