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Re: [at-l] Hiking fog-blind

On Tue, 21 Jan 1997, R. L. (Dick) Wix wrote on the topic of glasses-fogging:

> 
>    I've used an old SCUBA diving method... Spit on the lenses, rub around
> (smooth out the lumps), wipe clear with your bandana... Not the neatest, and
> sometimes not the clearest, but better to be able to see the trees for the
> forest.!!!  (there's a commercial brand of "stuff" called "CAT CRAP" that's
> supposed to work, never tried it)...
> 

I've been told that rubbing the 'gel' kind of toothpase on the lenses and 
rubbing it off with *cold* water is another way to help prevent the 
problem.  I had it a lot when I used to go caving.  The temepture in the 
cave is pretty stable year-round and equal to the average of the temp 
year-round outdise (about 50 deg.) so whatever the season it was usually 
hotter of colder in the cave and either going in or coming out my glasses 
would fog (going in this was very dangerous because the passageway was 
nearly vertical and only wide enough for one at a time so I was climbing 
down, with nobody who could help 'spot' for me, in both senses of the word!)

Ahhh, the trouble of glasses.
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-jeff
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From:          Beau Bushor N1MJD <bushor@lemming.uvm.edu>
Date:          Tue, 21 Jan 1997 09:42:08 -0500 (EST)
Subject:       Re: [at-l] Hiking fog-blind
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Hello All,
	I have the same problem with foggy glasses.  All the coatings that
I put on over the years rarely work.  I meet a person last weekend who
used ski goggles over his glasses and said it works great.  Also kept his
eyes from watering from the cold.  His glasses were clear.  I just ordered
some from Sierra. Time will tell..... 

Beau Bushor N1MJD
  "bleeder guy"
Burlington, Vermont


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