Re: [Paddlewise] Gloves- Visiting Paddlers

From: gordin warner <hmgwarner_at_shaw.ca>
Date: Mon, 08 Apr 2002 14:33:51 -0700
> Nick wrote: Any thoughts/comments on appropriate hand protection?
Pros/Cons
> etc.
>
>Rob wrote I stopped using pogies when I started using a Greenland style
paddle....

I'm just across the water from you Rob and I've gone the other way.  I've
carried two pairs of neoprene gloves for more then a year.  The first pair
would come off at lunch, to be replaced with the dry second pair.  This
worked fine until my recent five day trip up to Nanamio.  After both pairs
of gloves were wet they could not handle the cold.  Luckily for me one of my
Kiwi friends had an extra pair of Pogies.  Without them I don't think I'd
have made it.  As soon as I got back I bought a pair for myself.

Had an enjoyable trip out to Rum Island, only a quarter mile from the USA
(Stewart Island), on Sunday.  It was so warm I didn't need either Pogies or
gloves.  Maybe spring has finally arrived.

If you're in these waters, or the area, looking for places to paddle give me
a call.  I'm in the book.

Gordin Warner
Victoria BC

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