Re: [Paddlewise] Rough Seas

From: Erik Sprenne <sprenne_at_netnitco.net>
Date: Tue, 27 May 2003 12:24:28 -0500
> > I know how cold it feels on a cold wintery day in Southern
> > California
> > with the water temperatures around 50 and the air temps around 40.
> > I can't begin to imagine how it feels in the colder climates.
> >
> > Remember that down here, people are wearing down filled parkas when
> > the air temps get down to the low 50's
>
> 50's?  Winter? I actually do feel bad for folks who miss the beauty of
> paddling among snowflakes. (and icicles on the decklines)
>
>
....and PFD zippers iced up so they don't unzip (before the water gets too
hard for paddling).

Erik
who is spending a week on the Lake Superior shore at the western tip of
Michigan's U.P, where there are still ice floes on Lake Superior as far eye
can see - and dense enough to make paddling any distance virtually
impossible ;-(



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