> > > - ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Doug Lloyd" <dougl_at_islandnet.com> > > > Also, I do remember my Storm Island > > > trip. The breathable Sympatex was terrible -- like wet matte coldly > > > clinging to your skin. I had to wear my old nylon Wildwasser paddling > > > jacket over top just to survive. > > Ralph wrote: > > My experience in paddling in a coated non-breathing dry suit along with > > people in Goretex ones was that at lunch or other breaks they had to put > > something on over their Goretex suits where I did not. But that was in > > exceedingly cold air conditions in the high teens with wind blowing. > > Obviously above the high 40 degrees Fahrenheit air temperature and higher, > > I would be less comfortable than they would be during breaks. > > I'm having trouble with the problem as it is being described: that Goretex > allows more evaporative cooling than nonbreathables ... and that is a "cause" > of insufficient insulation, prompting Ralph's buddies to don another layer when > on a lunch break, and Doug to layer on a nonbreathable. Dave, Doug was talking about a Sympathex BREATHABLE garment. So, there is no contradiction between his experience and the one I relate. ralph *************************************************************************** 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 Fri Mar 01 2002 - 07:11:40 PST
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