Winter Layering Clinic At Next Adventure

Howdy folks, we are hosting a layering clinic Thursday night starting at 7pm, would love to see some of you all down at the Paddlesports Center.

The official blurb:

Join us Thursday, December 19th, for our FREE Cold Weather Layering Clinic, where our paddlesport Instructors and staff will discuss strategies for layering and what we wear when we’re on the water during the cold and wet season. Following the clinic, we’re offering a special shopping event of 15% off just about everything in store* (including dry wear from Kokatat, Immersion Research, NRS and more), a perfect opportunity for layers, last minute gifts, or a gift for yourself this holiday season.

So come on in, enjoy some refreshments and an evening in your community Paddlesports Hub.  We look forward to seeing you!

This is a awesome opportunity for anyone just getting into the sport in the Northwest or anyone looking to beef up their clothing arsenal.  I wish I could make it, I'll be in SoCal ^{(where no one cares about drysuits)}.

If you haven't had the opportunity to learn from trial and error (which is PAINFULLY cold) I'd highly recommend.

I no longer use a "Winter jacket" even living here in Alaska. Summer or winter, my clothing is the same except my outside shell is larger to accommodate more layers.

Kayaking, drysuit is mandatory for winter. Two weeks ago I swam around in 38deg water for a few minutes and it was absolutely zero issues. Air temp was 40deg.  Very comfortable. Almost fun being comfortable and having people look at you like you are insane!!!

Hopped into the kayak and proceeded to fish the rest of the day in a baseball cap and no gloves.


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kardinal and to others what exactly are u doing to keep your feet /toes warm? i use smartwool and  or wool socks..... drysuit(kokatat with booties) then wetsocks then into teva 3mil? booties and my feet still freeze....my feet are 9 1/2 my booties are 12 possible feet are too cramed into booties?
 being in the dalles just cant be at layering clinic, wish these were videoed and posted here?? you tube? facebook?
 

Did anyone record this?   If so, will it be posted on YouTube or anything?

Sent from my fishing powered kayak.

Just did a little exercise at our Search and Rescue meeting last night. Submerged both hands in 78 degree water, one hand had a cotton sock and the other hand was bare. Waited 30 minutes while keeping the bare hand wet (did not have to keep the sock hand wet obviously). After 30 minutes the skin tempature on the hand with the wet cotton sock had dropped 12 degrees while the bare hand skin tempature only dropped a couple degrees.

Stay away from cotton, synthetic base layers and wool outer layers are best. Also when your body tempature drops to around 95 degrees you are already in the "beginning" stage of hypothermia (stage 1). It just gets worse after that, stage 2 starts  around 94.8 and then stage 3 (BAD!) 86.9. The average normal body tempature for your body is about 98.5 so it doesnt take much.

Just thought I would share......Happy Holidays.....Stay warm....be safe out there.

I've been ok using two fairly heavy polypro socks down to 15deg. Drysuit and then neoprene wading booties. My feet being too tight I think makes my feet colder though. It's definitely the weak spot in my overall winter attire.




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Warm feet can always be the biggest challenge. One thing to remember is keeping your feet dry is first and foremost (obviously). Another thing is when your feet are all locked up in a "tight situation" it can constrain on the blood flow in the feet; it does not take much pressure to slow blood flow believe it or not. This is why feet seem to feel colder when all wrapped up tight in socks, boots, booties, etc. I try to have some wiggle room so I can do the toe dance too....yes the toe dance, wiggling your toes helps increase the blood flow.