[ft-l] Cold weather hiking questions

[fincher2@nettally.com (Erskine Fincher)]

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Absolutely! I've heard that you lose 15% of your body heat through your
head. For those of us with no natural insulation up there it's probably
even more. :-P

[lurk]

At 12:13 PM 1/13/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>To all of the other excellent suggestions, I'd add a hat - a warm one that
>covers your ears.  You lose a tremendous amount of body heat through your
>head,
>so covering it really helps.  Wear it while sleeping, too.
>
>To the hypothermia symptoms, add drowsiness.
>
>~Pam
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Erskine Fincher
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