[at-l] Fw: So what IS cold weather camping?

[Tom McGinnis]

Upon request...

--- On Tue, 11/22/05, Sloetoe <sloetoe at yahoo.com> wrote:

> You know you're camping in cold weather if/when:
> 
> 1) You stick your hand into moving water and it feels *warm*.
> 
> 2) You compress the night's air out of your lofted sleeping bag
> to find that that warmed air turns to *snow* right over your face.
> 
> 3) You automatically stow your water bottles inverted.
> 
> 4) You check your available drinking water by listening to your
> torso as you rock up and down on your toes.
> 
> 5) Your headlamp turns into a necklace which never comes off.
> 
> 6) Dinner becomes lunch, as the "heat of the day" is the only
> time you care to actually cook.
> 
> 7) You must knock ice off your toothbrush any time.
> 
> 8) Putting on your shoes becomes a "process" that takes over 5
> minutes. A piece.
> 
> 9) Most of your pack volume is taken up by clothing instead of food.
> 
> 10) "Hat hair" becomes a religion, a way of life, an institution.
> 
> Warmly,
> Sloetoe
> (who wonders what will be written of items 11) through 20)___?)
> 
> Spatior! Nitor! Nitor! Tempero!
>    Pro Pondera Et Meliora.
>