You can dress appropriately for -40-50 and still be reasonably commfie for extended periods.
Particularly if you stay dry.
But it’s impossible to stay dry in persistent drizzle or heavy rain. At best you’re wearing several layers of wool and you’re warm but damp and miserable.
Impermeable shells require venting opening you to the cold wet seepage, and permeable shells will eventually fail if you stay out long enough.
Oh ffs, this entire thread is a pissing match between people dispersed in multiple climates.
I’ve lived in -40°F winters but I’m sat here in SoCal tonight with 50°F nighttime lows freezing my ass off.
How is that possible? It’s called acclimation. Go to a climate opposite of yours sometime for at least two weeks then come back. You’ll probably notice real quick that your home climate is the one that feels weird because you’ve acclimated to your new climate.
Things get pretty uncomfortable when you get below -20.
You can dress appropriately for -40-50 and still be reasonably commfie for extended periods.
Particularly if you stay dry.
But it’s impossible to stay dry in persistent drizzle or heavy rain. At best you’re wearing several layers of wool and you’re warm but damp and miserable.
Impermeable shells require venting opening you to the cold wet seepage, and permeable shells will eventually fail if you stay out long enough.
Oh ffs, this entire thread is a pissing match between people dispersed in multiple climates.
I’ve lived in -40°F winters but I’m sat here in SoCal tonight with 50°F nighttime lows freezing my ass off.
How is that possible? It’s called acclimation. Go to a climate opposite of yours sometime for at least two weeks then come back. You’ll probably notice real quick that your home climate is the one that feels weird because you’ve acclimated to your new climate.