16 March 2010
Waterproof Winter Gear
Posted by admin under: Equipment .
The Gear Guy over at Boys’ Life has another great article, this time covering the topic of waterproof clothing. His writer complains that playing in the snow gets him soaked and wants to know how to avoid that. Gear Guy gives cheap, mid-priced, and expensive options. I like the cheap one. Because I’m cheap. That’s just how I am. Spray-on Scotchguard works a bit.
While not completely waterproof (your feet will get wet), another option I like when tramping around in the snow is to take a plastic bag or a couple and stick your stocking feet in them and then put your boots on over the whole mess. It won’t keep you completely dry (for one thing you sweat inside the bags with no way for the sweat to escape), but it prevents the freezing water that makes it past your leather boots from soaking your socks. For best results you should be wearing wool socks, too. The plastic also holds in your feet heat. You just have to be prepared with a pair of dry socks when you’re ready to take off your boots for the night, but you already do that, right?
For a more professional answer, check out Gear Guy’s response.
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