Re: [RBW] Re: Cotton and Wool Winter Army Gear

2014-02-02 Thread Bruce Herbitter
I've had good success with British army surplus wool boxer briefs in cold weather. Layered as needed depending on wind and cold levels On 2/2/2014 5:05 PM, Deacon Patrick wrote: I'm all about wool and cotton as my winter system! Started off at -5˚F, with a wool t-shirt and thin wool long sleev

Re: [RBW] Re: Cotton and Wool Winter Army Gear

2014-02-02 Thread Patrick Moore
Sorry; "Mallory", not "Hillary". Mallory circa 1924. On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 1:24 PM, Patrick Moore wrote: > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/5076634.stm > > "Forensic textiles experts" found Hillary's mountaineering clothing to > perform excellently, to be more comfortable than modern synthetics, and

Re: [RBW] Re: Cotton and Wool Winter Army Gear

2014-02-02 Thread Patrick Moore
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/5076634.stm "Forensic textiles experts" found Hillary's mountaineering clothing to perform excellently, to be more comfortable than modern synthetics, and to be considerably lighter. Closer to home my brother, on one of his regular Goodwill sweeps, found an ex-US Army p