spinesnaper
05-12-2013, 09:14 AM
OK folks, chomping at the bit to be in Zion at the end of the month.
Tom recommends a 7 mm wetsuit for Kolob. I assume that this recommendation is not different for Imlay. I suspect that precisely what one needs will very much depend on cold tolerance (mine not so good) and precisely the conditions at the moment of transiting the canyon.
I have had very poor luck with drysuits. I am thinking of using my 5 mm wetsuit and layering under it 1.5 mm neo pants and a 1.5 mm long sleeve neo top (think rash guard) and augmenting this with a wool watch cap or neo hood. And of course, neo booties for socks. But I am very interested in the collective community wisdom on this subject. And yes, we have done a bunch of wet cold canyons but not Kolob and not Imlay.
Thanks for the advice.
Ken
Tom recommends a 7 mm wetsuit for Kolob. I assume that this recommendation is not different for Imlay. I suspect that precisely what one needs will very much depend on cold tolerance (mine not so good) and precisely the conditions at the moment of transiting the canyon.
I have had very poor luck with drysuits. I am thinking of using my 5 mm wetsuit and layering under it 1.5 mm neo pants and a 1.5 mm long sleeve neo top (think rash guard) and augmenting this with a wool watch cap or neo hood. And of course, neo booties for socks. But I am very interested in the collective community wisdom on this subject. And yes, we have done a bunch of wet cold canyons but not Kolob and not Imlay.
Thanks for the advice.
Ken