I guess there is no real solution to keeping hands warm in winter paddling, is there? Couple of days ago went paddling, the weather was fine, light breeze 7 meters per second, air temperature -8 degrees (Celsius) below zero, water was about at freezing point. Paddling was ok, and my glove systems seem to work ok. The main problem was, that water that near freezing point froze on to the paddle. The weight of the paddle doubled during the trip... I have neoprene gloves with ready-bent fingers and quite a good grip surface on the palm. On top of them I wear normal pogies. A twelwe kilometer trips succeded well with those, and I also used the same stuff three week earliers when we did 112 km two nights trip. The neoprene gloves need to have pogies on, because otherwise neoprene sucks in water and gets cold. The bad thing about neoprene is, that my hand sweats and gets a bit moist, so when I remove the gloves hands get cold soon. I would prefer getting the same type of neoprene gloves but as MITTS or mittens with good gripping material on the palms. My fingers stay warmer together. For real winter paddling I wouldn't use open palm mitts, because the water cools fingers fast. Well, funny thing is, that a couple of years earlier I paddles with only thin nylon pogies, and was ok with them. This is really new that my hands are getting cold. 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? alli Anna Leena Lind alli_at_iki.fi *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
At 03:29 PM 12/12/2002 +0200, Anna L Lind wrote: >I guess there is no real solution to keeping hands warm in winter >paddling, is there? > >SNIP >I would prefer getting the same type of neoprene gloves but as MITTS or >mittens with good gripping material on the palms. My fingers stay warmer >together. For real winter paddling I wouldn't use open palm mitts, >because the water cools fingers fast. > >SNIP > >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? > >alli >Anna Leena Lind >alli_at_iki.fi Anna, There is a company in the US that sells mitts. I have no experience with the mitts, but I have purchased other equipment from them and I am happy. See: http://www.nrscatalog.com/product.asp?pfid=2447 Bill Leonhardt *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
I had read someplace that applying Snowseal to bare hands is supposed to shed the water and help keep your hands warm. As a bonus it's also supposed to improve your grip. Has anybody tried this? Steve Davis Victoria - where it's blowing 45 knots in the strait... *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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/ ***************************************************************************
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