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How to keep warm in the mountains

  • 06-12-2014 2:59pm
    #1
    inigo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 649 ✭✭✭


    How do you do it? I have tried many combinations of long and short sleeve synthetic base layers with/without long and short sleeve tops with my inov8 waterproof race shell. The problem is that I'd sweat a good bit and stay wet with the jacket (it's not very breathable), which means that when I take a breather or a walking break I'd feel dangerously cold. I'm not so bothered about lower half of the body. Would a merino base layer keep me warmer? 100% merino or a mix? Or is it time to invest in a more expensive more breathable waterproof jacket?


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  • #2
    fits
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,677 ✭✭✭✭fits


    dont wear a waterproof jacket unless its wet. And yes, it sounds like you need merino base layers.


  • #3
    kfod
    Registered Users Posts: 218 ✭✭kfod


    Merino baselayer. Buff or similar for head, if it's very cold I have a lightweight balaclava which I fold up into a hat and pull down over my face/neck if feeling cold. Gloves, your hands are basically blood radiators. I use a inov8 bumbag or a small karrimor rucsac to carry an extra layer (lowe alpine powerstretch with hood if its very cold/windy/wet) and a montane specktr waterproof or featherlight windproof depending on conditions, and a spare buff. Thats for a long run, or night run.

    oh and a cheapy survival blanket (the tin foil looking ones) with the intention of putting it around my body inside a jacket if the sh t hits the fan. I was under one after a fall of a bike a few years ago and they really do work once you can keep them from blowing and flapping.


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