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Northwest Territories, that's Sargent Preston's digs.
Northwest Territories where men are men and gals are big as buffaloes.
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The original version said, "where men are men, and the huskies are nervous!"
"A Stranger is a Friend we haven't Met"
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Artic, Winnipeg is cold but we're amateurs compared to you!
Dal, I'm with you. Layers, layers and more layers.
The world cries out for such: he is needed & needed badly- the man who can carry a message to Garcia
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Ken.....that's so funny...laughed out load!
What CB said about the - 40c. One thing about the cold is that you can always dress warmer! layer, layer then layer some more! Was at 20,000 feet once...-30c. most of the other climbers, new to the game, had $1000 jackets and $200 mitts....and froze. I had 5 layers and a final wind breaker shell. 2 inner layer mitts with an outer shell...very toasty.
Fleese, fleese and more fleese. A good layer of 'Thinsulate' will do wonders. Wearing a helmet while skiing is good to keep the heat in in also. For me...as long as the back of my neck is warm...i'm good. So thick turtle necks and high collard fleese pull overs. A 'dicky' is a must also, to protect one's face. Easy to pull up or down when needed.
Hot and a ton of black flies and mosquitoes at the cottage yesterday....can't wait till September! I've been wondering about fleese. I works well here in Texas and is easier to take care of then wool. I'm a big believer in scarfs also, they provide a lot of warmth, take up little space and can be removed and put in a pocket. To me the trick of not freezing is to not get too hot and sweat. Stay a little cold. My wife was a northerner from Cleveland. When she first came to Texas she would run out to catch as much sun as possible. It took a while to convince her that the hot sun could be dangerous. There are things to be careful about here in the Texas heat but it is not down right dangerous like cold can be.
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Things are tough up close to the arctic. I was a flyer, by trade, and was watching a National Geographic piece where a young pilot flying a Super Cub rescued a stranded young man off a sand bar. I was thinking at the time flying a Super Cub at those latitudes is a tricky business as a normally aspirated engine can get bad carb ice on days one would think other wise. That and wing icing is a real problem for that aircraft in those conditions. Sure enough a few segments later there was a memorial to that young pilot that had died in an air crash.
I don't think I would last long up there. That is tough country for tough men.
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Ken.....that's so funny...laughed out load!
What CB said about the - 40c. One thing about the cold is that you can always dress warmer! layer, layer then layer some more! Was at 20,000 feet once...-30c. most of the other climbers, new to the game, had $1000 jackets and $200 mitts....and froze. I had 5 layers and a final wind breaker shell. 2 inner layer mitts with an outer shell...very toasty.
Fleese, fleese and more fleese. A good layer of 'Thinsulate' will do wonders. Wearing a helmet while skiing is good to keep the heat in in also. For me...as long as the back of my neck is warm...i'm good. So thick turtle necks and high collard fleese pull overs. A 'dicky' is a must also, to protect one's face. Easy to pull up or down when needed.
Hot and a ton of black flies and mosquitoes at the cottage yesterday....can't wait till September! I've been wondering about fleese. I works well here in Texas and is easier to take care of then wool. I'm a big believer in scarfs also, they provide a lot of warmth, take up little space and can be removed and put in a pocket. To me the trick of not freezing is to not get too hot and sweat. Stay a little cold. My wife was a northerner from Cleveland. When she first came to Texas she would run out to catch as much sun as possible. It took a while to convince her that the hot sun could be dangerous. There are things to be careful about here in the Texas heat but it is not down right dangerous like cold can be. Yes, Fleece, is very warm. But I've never heard of fleese.
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Layers is, of course, the answer, but the question I have with fleece is that it is bulky and the bulkiness can cut down on the layers one can put on before becoming too awkward. ie per thickness of layer/ warmth how does fleece compare to wool in really cold weather?
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We were doing a job in Milwaukee, Wisconsin it was January and unbelievably cold. Cops had to drive around at night picking up the homeless because of the life threatening cold.
A very pretty girl was on the elevator with me with a full length mink coat on. I asked her if she was warm enough in this kind of weather and she said you can't believe how warm this coat is.
Even in this kind of weather.
Oh yea, sometimes I get too warm and have to unbutton it.
Fleece is very warm. Fur is even better but a lot more expensive.
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I lucked into a B-3 bomber coat several years ago in a Cabela's discount cave. I think I paid $110 for a $550 coat. The sheepskin is so thick I can only wear it on the coldest days or I sweat to death.
Regards
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I prefer wood to plastic, leather to nylon, waxed cotton to Gore-Tex, and split bamboo to graphite.
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I live on the Georgia/Florida border so extreme cold is not one of my problems. I have a nice tweed sports jacket (the kind everybody puts their greasy old shotguns on to make photos). There is usually one day per winter when I can wear it without breaking a sweat...Geo
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