I can think of one way. Before you close the neck gasket on the dry suit walk into the water until you are about shoulder-deep; then close the neck gasket. It might be important to keep your arms down while you are going in. This *should* help force air up and out of the dry suit. (He says without snickering.) Craig Jungers oh, you know where i live PS: I'm thinking that it's probably still cold even with a dry suit on when you walk into cold water. Another good reason to move to Baja. On 7/9/07, Pamvetdr_at_aol.com <Pamvetdr_at_aol.com> wrote: > > I recently figured out why I don't seem to be able to do easy wet exits. > As soon as I invert, the air in my drysuit goes uphill and seems to expand > the formerly most downhill area of the suit (and I don't mean the > legs). Since > I have a women's relief zipper, the expansion of this seat area causes the > zipper to catch on both sides of the cockpit as I exit, so I have to > literally > pry myself from the cockpit. > Now, I know the idea is to burp the suit before I start paddling, and I > do > that. But it isn't enough. > So any of the other ladies out there have this problem? Any > suggestions? > (and yes, I am on a weight loss program). > Thanks! > Pam in Washington State *************************************************************************** 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 Jul 09 2007 - 08:53:18 PDT
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