arctic-ish clothing advice

[ivymike]

okay, I'm going to spend 2 days next week at the DeBeers mine in Snap Lake NW Territory. I've been in cold before... but probably not THAT cold, at least not for long. My initial cothing plan is as follows:
- knit synthetic hat over polar tech blaclava
- columbia powder shell w/ down vest zipped in
- fleece sleeved zip-up jacket under shell & vest
- polo shirt under that
- regular boxer shorts
- a pair of regular sweatpants
- carhart quilted overalls
- wool socks
- sorel caribou boots

Think that'll cover it? I'm guessing I'll be dealing with -25F outdoors... not sure what it'll be like indoors.

 

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[jte]

I won't pretend to be a cold weather expert... we'll have a handful of +30°F mornings, but I like lined pants. Something like these with the fleece lining might be good:

http://www.cabelas.com/catalog/browse.cmd?N=1100857

I also have a couple pairs of lined khaki's for when I have to be a bit more presentable.

http://www.cabelas.com/catalog/brow...d-pants/_/N-1100854/Ns-CATEGORY_SEQ_104077980

jt

 

[IRstuff]

Mike,

Unless you're drinking olive oil by the gallon, there's not much in the way of oils being generated. Sweat on the hand, is a totally different question, you can certainly sweat out upwards of a pound, just while you're sleeping.

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[jte]

sweat out upwards of a pound, just while you're sleeping

So that's the basis of those "lose weight while you sleep" gimmics!

jt

 

[MintJulep]

I think at least part of that pound is lost via respiration not perspiration.

To bring this thread into qualification for "being here", does anyone know the break-down of moisture sources contributing to the latent load of a human?

 

[Ron]

JAE...funny that you mentioned that...it was one of the first things taught in military basic training...change your socks before you change anything else! Brought back memories!!

 

[ivymike]

well, I just got back south (Edmonton). I had waaaay too much clothes for the temps (was supposedly -39C at night on weds, but I wasn't outside). Walked around a bit (20 min or so) outside in regular blue jeans and athletic shoes, and my toes got very cold. Would've been perfect if I'd had my boots on. The wind on my face was the real pain - gave me a headache - the balaclava helped, but I was required to wear safety glasses and they would immediately fog&ice due to redirected respiration... only solution with the equipment I had seemed to be to leave my poor nose exposed. Snotsicles were standard. Never bothered with the thick socks, rarely wore the boots, never wore the lined pants. Did wear the mittens off & on, but they had to come off for photos. Would've been way too cold if I didn't have the down vest under my jacket, and when I didn't have the hardhat on the knit hat over the balaclava was nice.

The window to my room wouldn't close completely, and until I found the air leak I was a bit baffled as to why the heater had been so undersized (at full output it was holding a temp around freezing). I sacrificed a blanket from my bed to stop the airflow from the window, and the temp rose (over a few hours) to a toasty 68F.

sooo... not a post contributing to the tech side worthiness, but a conclusion to the story anyway.

 

[csd72]

make sure that it is in layers so that you can strip off if you get hot. The last thing you want to do is get all that gear wet with sweat.

If you are doing reasonably strenuous activity and you are not feeling the cold when you set off then you are almost definately wearing too much gear.