Why a Mountain Man Would Never Wear What You Pack for the Woods

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• JI

  @jimwatson4513 · 3 months ago

  I lived in Alaska meny , meny years , the very first thing I learned is folks wore wool socks jackets , pants , hats !!  The wool gets wet , swells and keeps you're body heat in !!!  We went for Woolrich clothes , B.F. high top rubber boots w/ wool liners !!!   There are no lies about this program !!  👍👍🐑

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• KE

  @kellycrouch9576 · 3 months ago (edited)

  Military in 82d. Before Alaska trip(cold weather training)I bought 3pair wool sox,sleeping bag fiber filled,in addition to what military provided. I was moving but constantly unzipping and airing out. Everything loose fitting but our wool dress was heavy but worked well. Didn’t understand why until JUST NOW!!! Weird huh??That was in 1979 or 1980 I think. I wasn’t yet 20. Now I’m 66 and see the logic of it. Thanks much. Love the channel and information. Central Florida Native. Military 77-81

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• TE

  @texdegarie · 3 months ago

  When I was growing up in Montreal, many adults wore fur coats. I don’t remember anybody complaining of the cold.

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• BR

  @bryanbeattie3270 · 3 months ago

  Glad I stumbled into your posts. You do great work. Thank you. No fluff!

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• BR

  @brucemacarthur8758 · 3 months ago

  My first encounter with being really cold, I was sixteen and on an Outward Bound excursion in the Sierra mountains, a birthday present from my parents. One of the high points was a three-day solo. Being a city boy I knew nothing about wilderness survival and thought it be a good idea to wrap myself in my poncho, that being the only extra item I could have on the solo, and sleep between some very large rocks so as to be shelter from the wind. It didn't take long to realize, "Gee, bad idea." and moved to sleeping under some low branches of a pine tree that had severl inches of needles on the ground under them, not perfect but better. The needles were dry and worked well as insulation. Downside was now my pants and shirt were very uncomfortable until I was able to remove the pine needles. The next day a storm rolled through dumping approximately 6" of hail (in the middle of summer no less). But the sunset at the end of the day made up for all the cold, wind and hail. A vista off to the west of colors and reflected light I will never forget.

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• RA

  @Raya14 · 3 months ago

  Wool is your friend, year round.<br>Some wool items I&apos;ve been wearing for twenty years.<br>From head to toe, wool is tops.<br>Got frostbite once on the tip of my nose as it was the only part exposed when I fell asleep.

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• CF

  @cfiirotorcraft-helicopter · 3 months ago

  With all the heat it will pull right off your body. &nbsp;Sounds like a wet cotton shirt would help keep you cool on a hot summer day.

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• VI

  @vinceb4380 · 1 month ago

  Never rush around. Walk slowly and stop often to ventilate, watch and listen. 🤫

• FR

  @frankedgar6694 · 3 months ago

  Years ago, about 60 years, my grandfather told me, “Slow down, boy. &nbsp; If you work too hard, you swear. &nbsp;If you sweat, you cool down too quickly. &nbsp;And if you get too cold, you die. &nbsp;I ain’t carrying your dead body two miles back to the house.”

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• RO

  @robertfleming387 · 3 months ago

  At 12 years of age I learned about hypothermia After falling in to a creek in those insulated duck cover early 1970s. What saved me was those overalls freezing solid... Stopping the wind until I could get home... I learned to love wool.. And silk

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• CA

  @carl112466 · 3 months ago (edited)

  Here something that many don&apos;t know. You never want to hold going to the bathroom in the cold weather. If you are holding 12oz &nbsp;in your body you are expending energy you don&apos;t have. Your body is trying to keep that waste warm.

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• KE

  @kenmilne5987 · 3 months ago

  I live in a hot country - Australia - so cotton is ok. Especially good for my &nbsp;dermatitis. However when I visited New Zealand A relative advised me to wear a woollen singlet to soak up the sweat.

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