Craig Jungers wrote: > One caveat to that advice, however, concerns the salt water environment. > Climbing equipment might not be up to exposure to salt water and salt-laden > air simply because the gear is not designed for that environment. And not > all "stainless steel" is equal. Before I'd build some safety gear for sea > kayaking I think I'd make sure that my stainless is suitable. Some of the > other paddlewisers are much more knowledgable about metallurgy than I am and > I'm sure they'd have good ideas on this. Avoid SS 304; look for SS 316. -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** 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 Mon Oct 16 2006 - 18:41:09 PDT
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