I came across an article the other day, perusing the Internet during my mid-day dinner break (Yes, even when I don’t eat a meal, I still take a dinner break, especially when it’s -3F and I’ve been outside since before daybreak). It was one of the typical “prepper porn” prep for winter blog articles, and as such, while not bad, it was really an advertisement for the blogger’s favorite gear, with appropriate affiliate links, of course! The problem with it, however, from my perspective, was that it was pimping the same kind of half-ass “stay warm when it’s cold outside and the power goes out” nonsense we see the mainstream media tossing out as well. As an example, the entire idea of “pitch a tent on your living room floor, so you can stay warm!” is absurd, on the face of it. You MIGHT stay marginally warmer, when you pile 4-5 people, with sleep gear, into a 3-person backpacking tent. You’re also going to wake up soaking wet from condensed breath of all those people in tight confines, which means, by the time you wake up in the morning, you’re going to actually be colder. There’s a lot of stupid shit that gets tossed out, pretty much annually, about cold weather living. Most of it is just that—stupid shit. ————————————————– To begin any legitimate discussion of “how to stay warm,” we have to understand a couple of basic principles and facts. https://www.patreon.com/posts/74696410?pr=true Continue reading...
