GW wrote: Doesn't anyone paddle any more? Some of us are lucky enough to paddle in places where boating is possible even in the ice season. I live near the Fox River in suburban Chicago. There are a number of dams that stir up the water enough to give us open water no matter what the temperature. I have arbitrarily set ten below zero (F) as my minimum for paddling (wind chill or actual temperature.) I find colder than that to be too cumbersome with all the ice that forms on the paddle and deck and lifejacket and face and - you get the picture. I'm more comfortable at zero than 35 above because the ice on my boat and pogies insulates very well. But at 35 nothing freezes and evaporation still happens. (The laws of nature can be annoying at times.) Winter paddling can be wonderful when the snow is falling. If there is no wind the reflection of the flakes in the water makes it look, at least to this flake in the water, like the snow is 'falling' up from the bottom of the river. Apologies to those of you who have heard this before. It's becoming my traditional early winter email. Jim Tibensky *************************************************************************** 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 Thu Dec 03 2009 - 07:16:48 PST
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