
Originally Posted by
rocknrollgirl
I have two Xterra wetsuits, long sleeved. We purchased both on ebay and got great deals on both. As far as the claustophobia, I got over mine with practice. If you look at my posts from last April, I had a really hard time at first, but I stuck with it.
I think the sleeves do make me a lot faster.
See, the clastophobic feeling I got was from the chest barrel of the wetsuit squeezing me. It made me feel like I couldn't breathe. That I had to get over. To me, the arms didn't play into the feeling.
"Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather, to skid in broadside thoroughly used-up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming: WOW WHAT A RIDE!!!!"