When you've been cold enough a time or two - like being unable to open your
pack, or some other ordinarily mudane act - vanity and the like become
diminishing factors in examining what works best keeping warm when the chips
are down. The silk underwear I speak of are just like regular longjohns -
just made of silk instead of cotton. The silk glove liners really help if
you wear them inside wool gloves and mitts. You retain the dexterity lacking
with the bulkier items while they afford some protection in really low temps
when the heavier gloves or mitts are off. Worn inside polypropylene or fine
wool glove liners they add extra warmth with no bulk or weight. Also
available are sock liners and balaclavas. Nothing else is the same to me.
When ounces, compactness and performance count silk is it. The better
mountaineering and outdoor suppliers can get them if they don't actually
stock them.
Cheers
Lee
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From: Doggre@xxxxxxx
Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Hiking Advice -- silk underwear
Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 06:47:15 EDT
Lee wrote:
I did leave out another indispensible item(s) - silk underwear.
snip
I've seen it... and read about the advantages, but... I dunno if I'm
ready...
to be seen buying silk underwear, let alone having my brothers-in-law find
out I'm actually WEARING silk underwear!
I could carry a white camera... but it's gonna take awhile yet before I buy
silk skivvies, in ANY color. Yeah, it's a LOT about <personal> image. I'll
try it. Just give me awhile, O.K.? I want to have the rationale all
straight in my head before the snickering starts.
Rich
(d'ya think Steve McQueen woulda worn it racin' cars & motorcycles? It's
KINDA like the fireproof nomex suits, but... different)
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