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Fire and Ice

Posted By: Robert Woodard
Date: Tuesday, 14 December 1999, at 8:08 p.m.

In Response To: Re: no kidding (lee)

> somehow I think that there's no
> way around it, cold is cold and having the furnace inside cooking on high
> is almost as important as the gear.

I think I'm about to give up on the rolling for the season. Not quite yet, but pretty soon. Since I've learned that Greenland style bracing, that works almost as well for me to cool off inside the dry suit, and not have to get my face wet. Solves the problem of my glasses fogging and ice cream headache, yet still keeps me practiced up so that I could roll if needed.

The Y2Kold seminar the club is putting on next month should be interesting. By then I'm sure the water will be cold enough to deter my rolling. I hope I can find the right gloves by then. Someone on Paddlewise (I think) suggested the heavy duty black fore arm length rubber gloves, tied off with a rubber band. I think that will be my next attemt in my never ending search for the perfect winter gloves. You can get a dry suit with sewn in booties, why not gloves?

Lately I've been having some very weird things going on with my hands. I've been meaning to write about it, but keep forgetting. Sometimes when paddling, my hands get real cold, while other times they are nice and toasty. They can go from one extreme to the other and back again. Wind seems to have nothing to do with it. I'm beginning to speculate (sitting here in an arm chair) that it may be the speed that I'm paddling. When paddling slow, water tends to run down my paddle onto my hands, but if I paddle faster it doesn't. (I paddle Greenland style for those that haven't read my trip reports before) I should get off my butt and epoxy in some drip strings. I also had an idea to take a hole saw and cut little moon shaped cutouts on the edge of the paddle to create another place the water could drip off.

Anyhow, I want to prove my theory before doing anything permanent to the paddle.

Woody

Messages In This Thread

Pomonkey Creek
Robert Woodard -- Monday, 13 December 1999, at 5:04 p.m.

Re: Pomonkey Creek
lee -- Monday, 13 December 1999, at 8:04 p.m.

Re: Pomonkey Creek
Robert Woodard -- Tuesday, 14 December 1999, at 3:53 p.m.

Re: no kidding
lee -- Tuesday, 14 December 1999, at 7:09 p.m.

Fire and Ice
Robert Woodard -- Tuesday, 14 December 1999, at 8:08 p.m.

Re: Fire and Ice
Ian Johnston -- Wednesday, 15 December 1999, at 3:45 a.m.

Re: Fire and Ice
Pete W P -- Friday, 17 December 1999, at 11:05 a.m.

Re: Hot/Cold - Wet/Dry
Ian Johnston -- Saturday, 18 December 1999, at 4:12 a.m.

Re: different responses to stress
lee -- Saturday, 18 December 1999, at 11:04 a.m.

Re: Hot/Cold - Wet/Dry
Pete W P -- Sunday, 19 December 1999, at 9:42 a.m.

warm cold colder
tom -- Friday, 7 January 2000, at 10:13 p.m.

Re: warm cold colder
Robert Woodard -- Saturday, 8 January 2000, at 7:48 p.m.

Re: so how was the water today?
lee -- Saturday, 8 January 2000, at 7:55 p.m.

Re: so how was the water today?
Robert Woodard -- Saturday, 8 January 2000, at 10:32 p.m.

Re: warm cold colder
Ian Johnston -- Sunday, 9 January 2000, at 7:56 p.m.

Re: Cold Hands and Caffeine
Mike Hanks -- Sunday, 19 December 1999, at 1:09 a.m.

Re: Cold Hands and Caffeine
Wes Boyd -- Sunday, 19 December 1999, at 5:32 p.m.

Re: Cold Hands and Caffeine
lee -- Sunday, 19 December 1999, at 5:53 p.m.

Re: Cold Hands and Caffeine
Ian Johnston -- Sunday, 19 December 1999, at 8:15 p.m.

Re: Pomonkey Creek
Pete W P -- Friday, 17 December 1999, at 10:30 a.m.

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