At 07:40 PM 3/12/2003 -0500, Harley1941_at_aol.com wrote: > Years ago, back before there was much information on cold water >paddling, I put on my wet suit over a cotton tee shirt. I almost froze. I was >doing white water and paddling hard, but getting colder and colder. Finally I >took the tee shirt off because it was cold on my arms. Guess what? I warmed >right up. From that experience, I determined that I don't need anything under >my wet suit wicking the heat from my body. I know that the modern fabrics do >not wick like cotton, but they do wick some and that will wick heat. > >If you woke up breathing, congratulations. You have another chance, >Ronnie That's my same experience from ice diving 30+ years ago. If I wore anything under the wet suit it was just briefs. If the air was colder than the water we couldn't wait to get in and "warm up". Standing around in a wet suit in sub-freezing air is more miserable that being under the ice (once the water in the suit warms up that is). Dave G. *************************************************************************** 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 - 19:53:13 PST
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