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By: admin

admin — Sun, 02 May 2010 15:05:37 +0000

Hey thanks a ton for that comment Eliezer — very much appreciated!

By: Eliezer

Eliezer — Sun, 02 May 2010 02:04:42 +0000

Hi Marko! I’ve been hearing your podcast for more than two years, but this is the first time I enter in your forum. First, let me congratulate for an excellent podcast. I enjoyed everyone of it. Including this one. Where I live we don’t have problems with cold weather (Ocala, FL), but I certainly love traveling to the states in the north part of USA during the winter. You provided a lot of good stuff information.

Keep it up!

By: Casil403

Casil403 — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:30:59 +0000

Just a tip, instead of battery powered shoe inserts, you can also purchase 6–8 hour toe warmers by the same company that make the handwarmers as well. I can attest they work really well!
I also have a few re-usable handwarmers that I use –there’s a disk you snap inside that heats it up and before you use them again, throw them in a pot of boiling water for about 10 minutes until they unharden…then you can use them again and again!

By: Fortytwo

Fortytwo — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 08:00:20 +0000

Nice podcast Marko! Respect for the temparatures you've got to endure. We're complaining about the cold when it's below +5 C here in Holland. But you've explaned some great techniques here to keep warm. Tnx!

By: sephibox

sephibox — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:55:55 +0000

Very good information Marko. I also didn’t know about the cotton. But that explains why I always felt cold on my back even though I also had sufficiently thick clothes.

If I would add anything, I’d say, take a good little thermos flask with some hot tea or something. That can really save your mood to stay outside a few hours extra.

Of course after all your good info, the temperatures in Germany suddenly jumped from around –8 C up to +15 C. But at least it’s the right time to get some of your recommendations cheaper in seasonal sales.

By: f8&Bthere

f8&Bthere — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 03:53:12 +0000

Good informative podcast, Marko. I honestly never knew cotton was a no-no. I’ll be on the hunt for some silk glove liners (thanks to Amazon.com not shipping to Canada and Amazon.ca not having anywhere near the same range of goods to offer us Canucks!). I’m sure you already know this, but for any others worried about condensation going from frigid outdoors to warm indoors I heard leaving your camera/lens in the backpack to stabilize, wrapping in a towel, or putting in a ziploc bag helps. I found some huge ziploc bags (for storing toys, balls etc) in the grocery dept at Wal-mart that could make short work of even the biggest body/grip/lens combo, and I keep one nicely folded in my backpack just in case (handy for rain and other conditions too).

By: jack label

jack label — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 19:05:29 +0000

nice Marko, I would add that scottvest type also helps warming up and carrying stuff, some are weather proof which will protect your equip from light snow, and small bags of silica gel also helps keeping your sensitive equips dry.

By: WickedDark

WickedDark — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:36:38 +0000

Nice summing up. Layers are very much the way to go and if you’re into hiking I can highly recommend Kahtoola’s MICROspikes. Google them then buy them. Not a replacement for crampons per se, but they do a great job in ice or hard packed snow. Deep powder does clog them, so be prepared for that. I love mine and keep them either in the car or in my backpack in a little nylon bag.