Re: [Paddlewise] Down VS Synthetic

From: John March <jsmarch_at_acpub.duke.edu>
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 15:00:53 -0400
>
>On 24 Sep 2003 at 8:45, jfarrelly5_at_comcast.net wrote:
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> > Does this sound like the way to go in such a relatively warm climate?
> > Typical nights are 55F with a few in the low 30'sF
>

I use a Marmot AV Surf rated to 15 degrees F.  If I am warm, I just drape 
it over my legs; cold, I zip it up.  The lining is optimized for damp 
climates, which makes it great for kayaking.  Easy to stuff into an oval 
Kajak sport hatch using a compression stuff sack.  When tired and damp on a 
multiday trip, it is easy to feel cold even when temps are above freezing 
in part because of the effect of evaporative cooling.  We had continuous 
fog, rain and intermittenly high winds this summer on the south coast of 
Newfoundland. A down bag would've been a disaster, but I was never cold in 
my Marmot.



Again, again we come and go, changed, changing. Hands join, unjoin in love 
and fear, grief and joy. The circles turn, each giving into each, into 
all.  Wendell Berry

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John S. March, MD, MPH
Professor and Chief, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Duke Child and Family Study Center
718 Rutherford Street
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919/416-2404 (P); 919/416-2420 (F)
Email: jsmarch_at_acpub.duke.edu
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