Polartec wasRe: [at-l] Wet T-shirt contest results,,,,finally

[kahley@ptd.net (kahley)]

At 09:20 AM 8/27/02 -0400, Raphael Bustin wrote:
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>But you lose me a bit here.  I would think that the wool or fleece over
>the (wet) cotton would inhibit evaporation, after which the wet cotton
>would quickly approach body temperature.

I can't speak about wool, but I have a fleece jacket, mid weight, fro,
Malden Mills (great stuff) that I put on and a fleece blanket (actually
just a big piece of light weight fleece I bought at Wallmart) that I've
used to try stop the shivers.  Some help but definitely better to
take the shirt off first.  BTW...the Wallmart fleece that I bought...
well....it suxs.  It was probably made for babies blankets as it
came in cream and pink and blue.  I guess it would be OK for
that purpose if the diaper holds tight but it absorbs water
much more than the Malden Mills stuff.

It's a shame what has happened to that company.  I'm gonna
look around and see if there is any of it's polartec still around
before i can't get it anymore.  Their brand name is polartec,
isn't it?  Anyone know where they handle it on the net?

>In any case, I don't see much point putting layers (of any kind) on top
>of wet cotton.  I agree also -- if you arrive in camp with a wet T-shirt and
>desire to get warm, first thing to do is remove the wet T-shirt and replace
>it with something dry.
>
>Side story:  Thanksgiving 1989.  Three of us left Pinkham Notch at around
>10 PM, in the dark, on Thanksgiving day, to spend the night at Tuckermans
>Ravine shelter.  It was a beautiful, starry, windless night.  I wore polypro
>next to the skin, a cotton T over that, and a nylon anorak over that.  Felt
>warm and quite comfortable on the trek uphill.  Arriving at Tuckermans, the
>caretaker mentioned, "Y'all be careful tonight, it's going to get mighty
>cold."
>I hadn't noticed, but the air temperature was right around 0 degrees
>Fahrenheit,
>and would go down to -10 F during the wee hours.  We settled into our lean-to
>and I began to peel off layers.  A few minutes later I noticed my T-shirt had
>frozen solid.  Quite amusing, actually, I'd never seen a frozen wet T-shirt
>before.
>I didn't get to wear it again for another few days.
>
>
>rafe b.
>aka terrapin
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