James wrote: > So it appears that there is no one who actually has any *data* on how > much > longer a drysuit would let you tolerate cold water vs. a wetsuit. I was > very > surprised by this. Comparative data might be somewhat useful, although the range of conditions is such that no absolute data would be much use. The other problem is who is tested. All too often rigorous physical tests are done using volunteers from the military or university athletic teams. I was once discussing this with a Warrant Officer of many years experience, and he agreed that a platoon of young soldiers just in from serious field training would likely find lab tests a lark, competing with each other to tough it out for great extremes that would be meaningless to ordinary mortals. I suspect that even comparative tests on such a group would be hard to extrapolate. Loving my gore-tex drysuit, GaryJ -- Director, Family Canoeing Centre Recreational canoeing courses for the whole family. +--------------------------------+ | /"\ | | \ / | | X ASCII RIBBON CAMPAIGN | | / \ AGAINST HTML MAIL & NEWS | +--------------------------------+ *************************************************************************** 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 Wed Mar 12 2003 - 14:40:32 PST
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