Posted by DJ Craig Get thermal underwear. It helps a LOT. |
Not just any thermal underwear, though. Spring for the good shit. I got a set of UnderArmor Cold Gear last winter and as near as I can figure, it's made out of win, pixie wings, and Tyler Durden's abs. For realz. One day I was out for three hours in -10F and basically didn't feel it (in my legs and torso). I was testing the stuff, so I was just wearing jeans over the Cold Gear. I had a big coat, but I unzipped it for a while. Another night, closer to 5F, I fell through some ice in a marsh and soaked myself up to my waist. Bet your ass I hot-footed it back to the car, but once I got there I realized that my legs weren't really wet and that if my boots weren't FULL of standing water, I could probably have kept going. It's expensive, but if you're serious about being outside in the cold, I can't recommend it enough. (The Heat Gear shirts are great for summer too, as long as I'm providing free advertising anyway.)
I'm a "Leave only footprints, take only pornography" kind of guy, myself. |