Re: [at-l] Before You Leave for the RUCK

>tmcginnis@ucclan.state.in.us said:  >. If you can sit idle for an hour,
>without relying on your sleeping bag or more >coffee, or..., just sit, for
>one hour, then you've got the right combo
>
>Man oh man.  Just sit, as in 'still' ?  For an hour?  I don't think I can
do
>that.  And it will have nothing to do with the clothes I'm wearing, either.
>Can I read, too? - or listen to Rush on the radio? - or diddle with my
>Primus?
>
>Wow, just sit he said.   OK, I'll try (I feel like I'm a little boy who got
>caught doing something wrong and is being punished, again).
>
>Thanks, I think...
>Al (Draggin' Anchor)
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Thomas McGinnis <tmcginnis@ucclan.state.in.us>
>To: <at-l@backcountry.net>; <rms2aas@earthlink.net>
>Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2000 4:43 PM
>Subject: Re: [at-l] Before You Leave for the RUCK
>
>
>> As a simple and short test, I would dress in all my hiking clothes, grab
a
>cup of coffee (just one), and go sit outside for an hour, out of the way of
>wind and rain. If you can sit idle for an hour, without relying on your
>sleeping bag or more coffee, or..., just sit, for one hour, then you've got
>the right combo. It's the idle stuff that'll kill your hike. So to speak.
>> (Hope I remember this next time I'm packing up.)
>> Sloetoe
>> (who froze his cookies plenty in '79)
>>
>> >>> "RoseMarie/Al Sarra" <rms2aas@earthlink.net> 01/25/00 12:00PM
>>
>> Will some of you experienced folks tell me what you would wear for this
>hike - from the skin out - and more importantly, why?
>> Al (Draggin' Anchor)
>>
>> ###Oops! Does your weather go into the 20s-30s, Al?
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