Litehiker
Well-Known Member
LRH could really use a CLOTHING FORUM where we can post about what clothing works, what's on sale, what's new, etc.
EX. Duluth Trading has excellent all synthetic winter pants with tough 100% nylon shells and polyester fleece lining.They are $89.50 and have numerous features not found on say, Rail Riders nylon fleece lined pants selling for $130. (Yes, $130.!)
I'm kind surprised this forum doesn't already exist here. All Backpacking forums have them and the Winter Trekking forum has one too.
There are people here that can speak from decades of experience so we don't have newbies going out in winter or rainy weather wearing cotton and getting hypothermia.
A CLOTHING FORUM is, to my mind a safety forum when you consider how important the right clothing is to the success of a hunt.
As a Nordic ski patroller I've had to escort several people back to the lodge who were dangerously cold and wet in cotton clothing from sweat and falling snow or falling IN snow.
As a hunter I've seen hunters come in miserably cold because they wore the wrong clothing and never carried extra clothing.
It seems they think getting sweaty in cotton "thermal" long johns is nothing to worry about in freezing weather - until they get chilled from those wet long johns. They never heard the dictum for winter wear, "COTTON KILLS".
Eric B.
EX. Duluth Trading has excellent all synthetic winter pants with tough 100% nylon shells and polyester fleece lining.They are $89.50 and have numerous features not found on say, Rail Riders nylon fleece lined pants selling for $130. (Yes, $130.!)
I'm kind surprised this forum doesn't already exist here. All Backpacking forums have them and the Winter Trekking forum has one too.
There are people here that can speak from decades of experience so we don't have newbies going out in winter or rainy weather wearing cotton and getting hypothermia.
A CLOTHING FORUM is, to my mind a safety forum when you consider how important the right clothing is to the success of a hunt.
As a Nordic ski patroller I've had to escort several people back to the lodge who were dangerously cold and wet in cotton clothing from sweat and falling snow or falling IN snow.
As a hunter I've seen hunters come in miserably cold because they wore the wrong clothing and never carried extra clothing.
It seems they think getting sweaty in cotton "thermal" long johns is nothing to worry about in freezing weather - until they get chilled from those wet long johns. They never heard the dictum for winter wear, "COTTON KILLS".
Eric B.
