> I didn't mean to imply the Floater Coat was appropriate for paddling. Reminds me of a trip I took down a river in Alaska in the early spring of 1980. These full Mustang floater overall outfits had come out and I thought that might be just the thing. I am a little manic about new ideas. Anyway I spent a lot of my disposal income at the time on the thing, and a small group of us drove for two days to get to this river for a three day trip. I had thought that this would be useable on land and in the boat. As we prepared to leave, I proudly starting putting on this bright orange outfit as my friends looked on in awe. I was anticipating a toasty few days out in the wilderness. I started putting my right foot in the outfit and I could not get it out the leg hole. I was baffled. Then I put my hand up the leg but I could not get my hand to the waist of the outfit. It seemed impossible. I was so shocked that it took a while for the thing to sink in. When the suit had been constructed the lining was sewn only in two places, at the groin and at the pant cuff. But whoever had twisted the lining 360 degrees. You could go up or down the pant leg an arbitrary distance but you could never get out. I had so much invested in the suit that I did not dare rip it apart for fear they would never believe me at the store and refuse to take it back. I was young enough to have such concerns. It was not an ideal time to find out your entire wardrobe was defective but I suppose that it would have been worse on the deck of a sinking ship. It was a cold trip. I cannot remember all the details. Not much to learn except what they teach in kindergarten. Do not put all your eggs in one basket. Look before you leap. That kind of stuff... *************************************************************************** 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 Sat Mar 15 2003 - 03:30:25 PST
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