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- From: eugene@wilbur.nas.nasa.gov (Eugene N. Miya)
- Subject: Re: Warm clothing while hiking
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- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 92 22:52:50 GMT
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- The way to think about this is to prioritize your clothing to the extreme
- for a moment. If you understand how the body expends heats, you will
- understand how to layer.
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- Suppose for a moment you are completely nude. You ask yourself what
- SINGLE piece of clothing would you like? Now, it's going to depend
- on conditions, but answer should largely be boots (a similar disussion
- happened in rec.skiing). Let's not dwell. Okay, what's next?
- Your answer should be either a hat or set of gloves. Why? These are
- the body's radiators. They have more blood to surface area than any other
- parts. The next phase should be what layers should come next? Typically
- a wind break is more useful than dead air insulation layers.
- What no underwear? Think about the priorities, and you will reason certain
- logical choices. If the choices don't seem obvious, then read a few books.
- Consider next how that might different in a warm weather situation.
-
- --eugene miya, NASA Ames Research Center, eugene@orville.nas.nasa.gov
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