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Touring with Toasty Digits
It’s been so cold in the Wasatch lately I thought I was in Montana. We’re not use to temperatures in the teens, let alone the single digits, and it makes my tanning butter congeal, which I just hate. But at least my hands are warm due to two basic touring tricks. 1) Mittens. A thin, […]
Cheap Thermal Insurance
My main strategy for staying warm while backcountry skiing is to adjust my pace to achieve a good operating temperature. If it is scorching hot, I slow down. If it’s really cold, I’ll speed up. I wear the same clothes almost every time I go out and use side zips or front zips to vent […]
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