Re: [Paddlewise] Cold Hands

I've been using my Greenland for several years if winter paddling. The first
year I spent $112 to TRY to keep my hands warm. After a few domestic
discussions on the use of limited resources I tried the pogies. I had to go
through several permutations of those too but landed on the river mits as ones
that would slide along the paddle and let me get my gloved hands in without
use of teeth or fellow paddlers.


    I use the Hydroskin  gloves inside the pogies. I want some thought that my
hands will function if I do have to come out of my boat. I am not close to a
bombproof roll. I need hands even for an assisted rescue. OTOH, rolling isn't
an issure as I use an extended position with my one hand on the very end of
the blade, which I just take out of the mit, and the other pogie slides
easily. 


    For you, I guess it will depend on how thick your loom is and if you can
find mitts with a nice wide attachment area. Mine are NRS something. I don't
recall what at this point.





  Does anyone use pogies with a Greenland paddle. And if you do how well do 


  they work when sliding your hands on the paddle?








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