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[QUOTE="Arn, post: 243680, member: 2487"] Any waterproof jackets, shorts, etc...don't wash at all. Each time you do...the waterproofing can become less effective. Now, here are a few things to consider: 1. NO COTTON...cotton kills! Make sure any garment worn close to the body has no more than 30% cotton. The remainder should be polypro. Your normal body temperature CANNOT dry cotton. Washing cotton, hoping for it to dry by morning...is a bad bet. I know I often regale against packing something you MIGHT need, but here is the exception: I call it a Lifesaver. You may think of it as a trash bag. Take a trash bag that will comfortably fit over your upper torso. In the center of the sealed end...cut an opening large enough to fit your head through (Joey...without the fedora). Next, about five, or so, inches below the corner at each edge...cut openings large enough to accommodate one arm each. There...now you no longer have a trash bag...you have a Lifesaver. What makes it a lifesaver, you ask? If you are experiencing the shivers...your body is telling you your Core (the area between your neck and belly button)is losing heat. Take off any jacket you may have on, put the Lifesaver "over" your shirt and replace your jacket. This additional vapor barrier will insulate the core and assist greatly in natural body heat retention. The Lifesaver weighs...nothing. The Lifesaver takes up precious little room. The Lifesaver costs: practically nothing. Here's a test: wearing a damp cotton t-shirt, stand in front of a fan and feel your body temp drop. Now add the Lifesaver. Heres another test for folks savvy enough to wear a shirt made of a non cotton material. Again, dampen the shirt, stand in front of the fan. Yes, initially your body will begin to cool, but in rather short time the shirt will (with the combination of natural body heat and rapid evaporation) begin to return the body to near normal. Try it...I'm sure you'll like it. Buen "I'm tough to the Core" Camino, Arn [/QUOTE]
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