Posted on 12/15/2006 11:55:50 PM PST by Stoat
Thank you; I thought it was and I hope that you will also :-)
Unfortunately, the gear is only available to the military at the present time, so the rest of us will just have to make do with whatever we can find on eBay and a hot rum toddy to keep us warm :-)
I use these silks. There's nothing like it if you spend time in the outdoors.
Silk is the warmest fiber per weight known to man. The way it feels next to your skin makes one certain that there is indeed a loving God.
It also has excellent wicking abilities so you stay nice and dry.
And for the price you just can't beat it IMO.
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There are those on this forum who have the answer to everything, and in reality post comments which lack creditability.
If you look at some of the replies to the cold weather "expert" you have hit the nail on the head.
If they were able to snow cave up with their supplys. They should be able to ride the storm out.
Fredom calls wrote: "Unfortunately, the gear is only available to the military at the present time..."
But you can order Polartec fabrics direct from Malden Mills and make your own gear. The stuff is super easy to sew. It can't unravel so there are few seams to worry about finishing and it comes in super wide widths at very low cost.
I was a Security Policeman many many many many years ago. I recall I recall going to work (this is no Korea), you got you thermal underwear, fatigues, field jacket liner, flack vest, parka, furlined flightpants on. You get on post and then..ya gotta take a whiz...this is where you find out just how good a "shot" you are.
This was something they never covered in Security Police school.
White pants? After Labor Day?
I can sew a button back on in the field, a broken zipper is a trip to the tailor. The TA 50 wool shirts and field pants were rugged as wore like iron.
FWIW Zipper = fastner, interlocking, slide (plus size in inches)
they *do* have a NSN. Who knew?
NWTC bump. My wife made me stop waring nylons. ;)
Never quite went that far
Did the silk, polypro, chinesse drawers, field pant, USAF Fat Boy pants, same on top except got Eddie Baur down parkas to wear as we had to string com systems and such.
Trying to describe to someone (who has never had to *work* outdoors at -40 ) what "cold" means is tough. I can still remember how happy we were when a Chinook would blow in and the temps would rocket up to 0.
Or of people setting their tents on fire from running the Yukon stove full blast, trying to thaw out fuel so it would run, etc, etc.
Glad I live in the banana belt now - Anchorage.
lol! ya goof!
Buddy of mine at NWTC caught his fart sack on fire - we beat it out with our e-tools. Never laughed so hard in my life.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus
Those look great! I find regular thermals rather sweaty.
60 below for six weeks doesn't quite fit the description of a double digit dip.
The Arctic icepack will be back every winter, maybe not as thick as it used to be: three feet thick instead of six feet.
I hate waffle-butt..
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