Roger

The message <1176204369.308752.92470@n76g2000hsh.. com>
from "John Laird" <lairdy@> contains these words:

> It's all about looking the part. I see walkers wearing the full works
> (goretex throughout, hats, gloves, gaiters, poles) plodding up hills
> while I walk past (out of breath, admittedly) in my cheapo polycotton
> trousers and coolmax t-shirt, occasionally sporting a microfleece if
> it's nippy enough. (I *have* all the other gear, but it only needs to
> come out when conditions demand.)

Maybe, maybe not. Some people are much more resistant to the cold than others.

Easter 1981 and I was coming off the summit of Sgairneach Mhor (South of
Dalwhinnie and West of the A9) well covered up in a biting breeze (hood
up on top of a balaclava, Dachstein mitts, etc.) when I met a well built
chap dressed for summer in shorts and short sleeves and not the least
concerned about the wind chill. He was going quite well but probably no
quicker than I had been travelling on my way up Geal Charn and I
certainly hadn't had to strip off for that ascent. But then I wasn't
encased in a layer of blubber either. :-)

--
Roger Chapman
Nearest Marilyn still to be visited - Great Orme.
89 miles as the crow flies,
considerably more as the walker drives.