> > 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 ;-( *************************************************************************** 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 Tue May 27 2003 - 10:30:58 PDT
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