You said: >I wonder what the greenlanders had on? Some type of waterproof leather longish mitten would be perfect, at least for me, if they exist. Does anyone know?< Not sure if anyone answered this yet, but Brooks has some "Tuilik" mitts that have the separate thumb, allowing the fingers to stay together for added warmth. http://brooks.uniserve.com/greenland.html I also recommend cold water paddlers look into the skull caps that the board surfers wear. Mine new one is made by Xcel. It's a 2mm surf cap with bill (which helps with the rain) and covers the back of the neck as well as the ears. It has an adjustable chin strap, and is far superior to the type of cap made by Warmers. I remember Gordin Warner giving me a hard time over skull cap recommendations. Other than the Warmers cap (which I carry by default in a PFD pouch at all times), I also have a Whites dive hood with a zippered back closure. It is for full-on storm paddling/winter surf. All my caps fit under my storm/surf helmet, which I bought slightly oversize. The Xcel and White's products are both Titanium layered. 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 Thu Dec 12 2002 - 23:21:45 PST
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