You might come up with a superior dry suit, at a lower cost, which would make cold-water potection more affordable and more available to more paddlers.

Just because Goretex is incredibly expensive does not mean that it is the best material for this job. With proper seals those micropore jumpsuits might actually work out better than goretex. If they can be sealed well, with their lower cost you would find more people wearing them -- and that might eliminate a few tragedies each year.

The current cost of protection against hypothermia is fairly high. As a result of costs and poor education too many paddlers are willing to risk exposing themselves to this plight. As I see it, any effort that leads toward the production of better safety equipment at lower prices is going to increase the availability of these devies, and also their use. Hopefully that will save lives. or at least amke paddling more comfortable ovr a longer season.

Of course those of you who are paddling in tropical waters year round probably don't are about drysuits

PGJ