: I surprised myself recently by discovering that I bought a two-part dry suit
: some time ago. I must have been thinking of late fall paddling on the icy
: river when I did this. If I recall, I bought the setup impulsively when I
: discovered a sale happening. The two part suit was significantly less
: expensive than the combined one-piece suit which retails for $1000. I
: think I paid less than $400 for the two-part suit.

: As far as taking a cell phone goes, knowing me, I'd get it wet. I bought Mark
: 111 VHF radio two years ago in anticipation of next years romp through
: Lake Winnipeg and Hudson Bay. At least it's waterproof. Incidently, I
: haven't dunked my latest 35-mm SLR yet: the high price for the camera/lens
: set up continues to be a dunk-deterent.

: Robert N Pruden

I bought a Bomber Gear drysuit a couple of years ago from a discounter. Can't figure out how to climb into the dang thing! Any pointers? I'm tempted to cut away some of the ankle/wrist/neck seals for starters--and I put the neck seal around a big juice pitcher for a year or so, just to break it in.

Headed for Mendocino at the end of the month, so this situation has become a bit more compelling all of a sudden--as opposed to simply embarrassing....

--S