Questions tagged [cold]
Questions about issues connected with outdoor activities in low temperatures.
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Can one acclimatize to cold -- and remain healthy -- by enduring some chilliness at the beginning of the cold season?
Where I live in Canada, winter can be pretty cold. Sometimes -35 C. I work outside for a living and among my work peers there's an age old debate about when is the best time to start wearing long ...
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How can you judge the warmth of a synthetic/down insulated jacket?
I'm looking for a down jacket that will keep me warm in the winter for having stopped walking and setting up camp, taking a break, but also for sitting outside at the pub and queueing in the cold, i.e....
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Drinking very cold water in cold weather at what temperatures is it dangerous?
I read on forum, that drinking (very) cold water is not good, because body needs more energy to heat cold water and warm you up.
I want to know at what temperatures should I heat water, where would ...
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Are thick fingers more resistant to cold?
I have quite thin fingers and they're getting cold quite fast. As I child, I didn't enjoy snowball wars because the contact with snow was quickly getting quite painful for me.
Are people with thick ...
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Using liniment / heat rub to warm up feet
How effective and safe to use are liniments like tiger balm to warm up feet after water sports?
I've tried massaging or walking / running after drying feet and putting warm socks, but it didn't help ...
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Why do my Scarpa Phantom Techs boots feel cold even in mild weather?
I have Scarpa Phantom Tech, technical mountaineering / winter climbing boots. They are generally great but I'm experiencing a strange phenomenon: my feet get seriously cold when I stop moving, ...
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Tricks for dealing with fingers numb from cold
Recently I was running in the hills, and although the air was quite chilly, it was warm enough when going uphill, that I've pulled my sleeves up to the elbow.
However, when I wanted to get a ...
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How does layering differ for cold weather vs extreme cold weather?
I have read some articles/watched some youtube videos on dressing for the cold in the outdoors. Obviously there are varying degrees of cold from what we get in the UK hovering somewhere above zero to ...
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Lightweight vacuum flasks / ways to carry hot liquids
All the hiking gear is getting more and more lightweight and hi-tech... but vacuum flasks haven't changed much for the last fifty years, they're still extremely heavy pieces of steel! One litre bottle ...
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The thickest neoprene suit for swimming?
What is the thickest available neoprene suit appropriate for swimming?
I have a swim suit marked 2/3/4 mm. I don't know which is where, but it was OK as long as the water was about 15 grad, and below ...
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Adapting feet to the cold?
After Using my Stand Up Paddleboard (SUP) for 3 hours in 6,5mm neoprene shoes with temperatures about 0, my feet felt almost numb, although they were dry. I've got problems putting my trousers, I ...
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Fact or Fiction: "If you want to keep your feet warm, wear a hat." (and the various explanations for it)
Inspired by several questions and answers here and also one at Biology SE, I have been looking around to try to find out whether this idea I heard constantly as a youth has any merit, or it just folk-...
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What was the temperature without windchill for the climbers that "Minus 148 Degrees" is written about?
The book Minus 148 Degrees is written about a winter climb of Denali in which a rapid weather change forced the climbers to seek refuge in an emergency snow cave.
The title is a reference to the ...
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What is the most severe temperature that a proper snow cave can protect you from?
This question was prompted by my answer to Under what conditions does heating a backpacking tent artificially make objective sense?. In my answer, I mention the possibility of hiking across Antarctica ...
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Under what conditions does heating a tent artificially make objective sense?
My question is motivated by the earlier question How To Quickly Warm A Tent, which generated a lot of interest, and one of the best comments ever on TGO:
All I could think about after reading your ...
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Why did people rub snow on frozen feet?
If you read old books from cold areas, it's not infrequent to run across the idea of rubbing snow on one's feet when they got frozen or frostbitten. However, subjectively, it seems to me that this ...
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What is the most efficient strategy to melt snow using a stove?
When melting snow to obtain drinking water, what is the most efficient strategy if one needs more water than results from one pan of snow? Most efficient for me is using a minimum of fuel, not ...
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Does it feel colder than before if you warm yourselves up and go out in the cold again?
I was riding late in the night and weather was colder than what we normally have.
(May not be cold for others, but it was cold for us, people used to with typical subcontinental weather. Temperature ...
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How to keep my legs warm in winter?
Winter is coming!
Very quickly in Belgium actually, much faster than I'm used to. It's also the first year where I spend a lot of time outside. Soon, that could be a lot of time outside... freezing.
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What sleeping gear should I use in a lean-to?
I have recently discovered the lean-to, a shelter with three walls. It seems considered as a shelter with more proximity to the nature.
I have some worries though, regarding the wind and the warmth. ...
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Will using a sleeping bag stop the body from adapting to cold?
The sleeping bag (at least as I've understood it) works in that way, that it uses the heat the body creates to create a layer of heat air between the body and the sleeping bag's border, therefore ...
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Is buying an expensive sleeping bag better?
I went camping a week ago and when I was sick, it was so cold. I woke up many times at night shaking because of it. I have a cheap and old Wal-Mart sleeping bag, and I am thinking about buying one of ...
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How can I acclimatize to cold?
People used to tolerate a much wider range of temperatures. What techniques can I apply to widen my body's range of comfort?
A few examples that may or may not help:
Spend a lot of time slightly ...
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