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Re: Off Topic: Winter wear
By:Robert N Pruden
Date: 11/20/2014, 5:48 pm
In Response To: Off Topic: Winter wear (Gero Verheyen)

I wear dry pants and a dry top complete with gaskets. Under that I wear layers including fleecy shirt, fast dry long sleeved shirts with zippers, two pair of running tights - one heavy weight and one light weight...they work like a wet suit if wetted and for my feet my ankle high neo booties with double lined socks. For my hands, full-fingered neo gloves and pogies over those. For my head I usually wear my Filson, it has no value for warmth if I tip but it is otherwise warm...head band if its really cold. The cost for the dry top and pants for me was less than $350 on sale. Always Kokatat!

FYI: this apparel is tried and tested. I dumped in the river during a cold winter day paddle...I was nice and warm for the 10-minutes that I was in the water. A bit cold when I got out but I bee-lined it for the car. Had I got back in to the kayak and continued on, I would have been fine.

Robert N Pruden

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Gero Verheyen -- 11/14/2014, 6:01 pm
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george jung -- 11/14/2014, 8:16 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 11/15/2014, 8:33 am
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howard -- 11/14/2014, 8:16 pm
Winter wear Now for something completely different *PIC*
John Messinger -- 11/15/2014, 3:01 am
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Robert W -- 11/15/2014, 8:24 am
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Jay Babina -- 11/15/2014, 11:32 am
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Mike Bielski -- 11/15/2014, 3:41 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 11/16/2014, 12:15 am
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Mike Bielski -- 11/16/2014, 8:56 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 11/16/2014, 12:12 am
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Bill Hamm -- 11/15/2014, 8:26 am
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 11/15/2014, 11:11 am
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Mike Bielski -- 11/15/2014, 11:34 am
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Yoshi -- 11/15/2014, 5:22 pm
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 11/15/2014, 10:48 pm
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Yoshi -- 11/16/2014, 1:36 pm
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george jung -- 11/16/2014, 1:56 pm
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John Roberts -- 11/16/2014, 4:34 pm
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george jung -- 11/16/2014, 7:33 pm
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Gero Verheyen -- 11/15/2014, 10:33 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 11/16/2014, 4:23 am
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Etienne Muller -- 11/16/2014, 4:28 am
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Ken Blanton -- 11/16/2014, 1:00 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 11/16/2014, 2:10 pm
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Ken Blanton -- 11/16/2014, 10:54 pm
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scottbaxter -- 11/16/2014, 11:33 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 11/17/2014, 4:55 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 11/16/2014, 11:50 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 11/17/2014, 12:30 am
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Gero Verheyen -- 11/17/2014, 7:38 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 11/17/2014, 9:43 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 11/17/2014, 10:35 am
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Bill Hamm -- 11/18/2014, 12:28 am
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Sean Dawe -- 11/17/2014, 10:56 am
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Gero Verheyen -- 11/17/2014, 10:23 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 11/17/2014, 10:49 pm
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Gero Verheyen -- 11/17/2014, 10:53 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 11/17/2014, 11:02 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 11/18/2014, 12:37 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 11/18/2014, 2:02 am
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Sean Dawe -- 11/18/2014, 9:10 am
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Nick R. -- 11/18/2014, 6:07 am
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Robert N Pruden -- 11/20/2014, 5:48 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 11/20/2014, 7:00 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 11/23/2014, 1:54 am
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Gero Verheyen -- 11/20/2014, 10:24 pm
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scottbaxter -- 11/20/2014, 10:51 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 11/21/2014, 12:03 am
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Bill Hamm -- 11/21/2014, 8:50 am