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<blockquote data-quote="Old Rooster" data-source="post: 2308096" data-attributes="member: 108576"><p>Litehiker we arrived in Alamosa and it was around 0 and I had all cotton clothes as being from the south I did not need the polar weight clothes so we went to a store and the guy began his sales pitch with,"You guys from the south get killed all the time up here for wearing cotton clothes".</p><p>Cotton cools and wool warms,if you remember that you may live through this storm.I loaded up my Visa card with the stuff he considered cold worthy essentials.Almost 2 grand for clothes for me and my brother in law ( in the early 80's)and the other guy had a Visa too.I still have the sleeping bag but the tent gave it up years ago.Everything in the ice chest froze,eggs potatoes,milk,everything!I did not know salt could freeze but it would not pour!</p><p>On top of that I had my 30-06 with 180 gr Partitions loaded with IMR4350 powder,not a temp stable powder but it went bang when I pulled the trigger and the elk took 1 or 2 steps and fell.We took the elk down to the base of that mountain and the guts started to freeze when we opened them.We went all the way to the road leading to the mountains we hunted and finished cleaning our elk.My eye lashes froze and broke off.</p><p>Game wardens came to check us and said they would not go up there in this storm.We were stupid to say the least and I would NEVER do that again or suggest anyone to do that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Old Rooster, post: 2308096, member: 108576"] Litehiker we arrived in Alamosa and it was around 0 and I had all cotton clothes as being from the south I did not need the polar weight clothes so we went to a store and the guy began his sales pitch with,"You guys from the south get killed all the time up here for wearing cotton clothes". Cotton cools and wool warms,if you remember that you may live through this storm.I loaded up my Visa card with the stuff he considered cold worthy essentials.Almost 2 grand for clothes for me and my brother in law ( in the early 80's)and the other guy had a Visa too.I still have the sleeping bag but the tent gave it up years ago.Everything in the ice chest froze,eggs potatoes,milk,everything!I did not know salt could freeze but it would not pour! On top of that I had my 30-06 with 180 gr Partitions loaded with IMR4350 powder,not a temp stable powder but it went bang when I pulled the trigger and the elk took 1 or 2 steps and fell.We took the elk down to the base of that mountain and the guts started to freeze when we opened them.We went all the way to the road leading to the mountains we hunted and finished cleaning our elk.My eye lashes froze and broke off. Game wardens came to check us and said they would not go up there in this storm.We were stupid to say the least and I would NEVER do that again or suggest anyone to do that. [/QUOTE]
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