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Re: [at-l] Winter Camping Advice



I vote with Felix on this one.  Warm boots, warm feet, warm feet not nearly
as likely to get injured.  Also warm feet keeps me from being a total grouch
in the AM and thus prevents my hiking partner from leaving my suddenly
chilled bod in a cathole just off the trail :)

Dennis


> I shall strongly take the opposite stance...in warm boots. The most
fisical pain
> I was in on the entire trip was the direct result of frozen boots. If your
> sleeping bag is rated low enough for the temp. outside, keeping the boots
warm
> shouldn't affect the body temp. of the person in the bag. Just my opinion>
Felix J. McGillicuddy
> ME-->GA '98
> "Your Move"
> http://Felixhikes.tripod.com/
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