So, as you might have heard, Seattle has been getting a lot (for this area) snow over the last few days. Tonight is probably the last hurrah before it melts off, so I decided to go out and enjoy the ridiculously flakes coming down.
While suiting up, a thought occurred to me. I have these thin neoprene gloves for paddling. The point of neoprene is that it gets wet, then holds the water there so it warms up to body temperature. Which sounded fairly good for playing with snow -- your gloves ALWAYS get soaked, so why not use ones designed for it? Should be better than knitted mittens, which the snow sticks to, or thick insulated gloves that restrict your dexterity too much.
( So I had to conduct an experiment... )
While suiting up, a thought occurred to me. I have these thin neoprene gloves for paddling. The point of neoprene is that it gets wet, then holds the water there so it warms up to body temperature. Which sounded fairly good for playing with snow -- your gloves ALWAYS get soaked, so why not use ones designed for it? Should be better than knitted mittens, which the snow sticks to, or thick insulated gloves that restrict your dexterity too much.
( So I had to conduct an experiment... )