High Waist
Everyone,
I like high waist pants better. In fact, if I somehow end up with long john bottoms, I cut them into high waist pants. I like the high waists better for 2 reasons: 1) I feel they are more versatile. When it's warm I like the reduced rubber around my chest and diaphragm and if it gets chilly, I can just throw on a 3 mm open cell vest underneath and it's just like I had a long john on. 2) I got scared at last year's Nationals (N. CA) because while scouting I was having personal problems and had to run in early every day to use the bathroom. I knew if that happened to me during the comp I'd be screwed (I can't undress myself from a 7 mm wetsuit while sitting on a kayak). So, I cut my 7 mm long johns into high waist pants and threw a 3 mm open cell vest underneath. This way I would be able to head Mother Nature's call while on the water if it became necessary and surprisingly I was just as warm if not warmer with the 3 mm vest and super high waist pants on then I had been with the farmer johns.
Scott T.