27 November 2008
Best Layering Article Ever
Posted by admin under: Equipment; Uncategorized .
I’ve never seen a better written article about what layering is and how to do it than the one from Camping Blogger. I’m sending every Scout I know to the site to read it. Now you know which items to look for at the camping store sales and how to build up your stock of clothing for the cold weather camping we’re all about to do. Here’s a sample but you have to go over and read the whole thing.
Since the body generates the heat required to keep itself warm, dressing properly for cold weather is all about controlling this heat, so it either does not escape or, if the body is becoming too hot, that some of that heat will escape. Multiple layers of clothing are much more efficient than a single coat, because each layer creates an air pocket that stores some of the body’s heat. A single coat, no matter how big and heavy, only creates one air pocket.
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2 Comments so far...
Roy Scribner Says:
27 November 2008 at 3:16 pm.
Thanks for the great feedback, Joshua! Troop 307 in San Antonio has a great little handout that is a good resource, too: http://www.troop307.net/docs/coldweather.pdf
Jim Muller Says:
1 December 2008 at 10:59 am.
I would like to recommend a winter camping web site- http://www.wintercampers.com for your consideration. Our not-for-profit site is dedicated to winter camping and has a large collection of published articles on winter camping, winter camping tips and videos, Leave No Trace suggestions specific to winter camping, gear lists and a discussion of the 10 essentials. In addition there is an active blog as well as humor including a winter camping application, poems, quotes and Top 10 reasons to go winter camping.
Please give it your consideration. Thank you.
