Ralph said: > I expressly do NOT advocate that others paddle under the circumstances I described. I urge you to approach this type of paddling with extreme caution since the result of making mistakes is likely to kill you.< Good post script Ralph. I notice the last issue of sea Kayaker magazine has a good article on winter paddling by a fellow in Montreal. Very informative. I always wondered what happened to the condensation. Thanks for sharing the outing notes with us. It wasn't too technical -- wouldn't want Ronnie thinking we were talking a bunch of BS again. :-) Here on the west coast, we don't get real cold conditions, except maybe during artic outbreaks which usually are associated with wind -- rendering wind chill factors to near dangerous. I admire you east coasters that manage year-round paddling (when "soft" water can be found at least). BTW, I always carry a pouch on my PFD with accessible neo gloves and neo skull cap in it, both in winter and summer. And I never did manage to find rubber/latex type gloves suitable, though I do notice some of the drysuit manufactures sell a similar glove with a "reverse" latex gasket which prevents water from running back down into the glove. Doug Lloyd Victoria BC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ "Whatever can be said at all can be said clearly and whatever cannot be said clearly should not be said at all." Ludwig Wittgenstein ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ *************************************************************************** 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 Dec 10 2002 - 00:37:16 PST
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