"Dan O'Connell" wrote in message ink.net...
This may be off topic (LOL) but does anyone have a favorite brand of very
cold water/airtemp paddling gloves. I bought a pair of Marmot
windproof/water resistant gloves this week..and froze the instant they got
wet. Is neoprene the best...etc? I also have super lightweight
pogies/mambas...so coupled with something else thinner and with tacky grip
may be my goal? Thanks in advance...this group always has the best advice
as usual....Dan O

After reading all the post to this thread, after sleeping in, and
staying nice and warm, and cozy, and being throughly refreshed, having
stayed home from church this Sunday morning, I thought of a great
invention.

Connect a pair of NEW-gloves, by a couple of flexible hoses, to a
Snorkeling mouthpiece! The hoses could be run down the inside of each
sleeve, so they don't get tangled up in everything else. Then when you
want to warm your hands, you could just blow some of that hot-air that
is so obviously abundant in this paddle group, voila' warm hands!

The mouthpiece, would double as a mouthguard, to protect your teeth
from being bashed in the boneyard, although that would eliminate the
happy paddler smile with broken teeth and busted lip as well. So use
with caution if you want to be known as a paddler on sight.

Another benefit, if you go inverted in a wet exit, etc. you would just
have to raise your hands above water, and you would be able to get
some needed air when the time comes and there is no hot air left in
your burning lungs. You could also play games with your buddies by
laying in the riverbed with only your hands extended, then jump up and
surprise them like Rambo. This would require the optional valve near
the hands that would automatically close when your hand is drawn below
the water, or as the case may be, you are inverted and you can not get
both hands clear to the surface.

Isn't it amazing how creative the rested and happy mind is, but then
that is why I am called Tinkerntom aka KnesisKnosis, Life, Live it!

BTW NEW stands for Neo-Euro-Wantabees, TnT