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Overview
During the fringes of winter when temperatures hover around freezing and snow on the trail sometimes turns into cold water, it can be hard for a lightweight backpacker to keep her feet warm. Many swear by lightweight Gore-Tex shoes with wool socks for such conditions (see Will Rietveld's series on Lightweight Footwear Systems for Snow Travel ). On a recent four-day trek in the Allegheny National Forest in Pennsylvania, I wore low top Gore-Tex XCR shoes with thin wool socks through shallow snow, mud and water to test if my feet, which get cold easily, would stay warm with this simple, light system. I also tested Gore-Tex socks - which I'd had great luck with inside mesh shoes - to see if the socks benefited a system based on waterproof/breathable shoes. I wore a different system on each foot every day and recorded my observations during the trip.
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Forum Index » Editor's Roundtable » Podcast: Carol Crooker Puts Waterproof Footwear to the Allegheny Test
(addiebedford) - BPL Staff - MLife
Locale: Montana
Companion forum thread to:
Podcast: Carol Crooker Puts Waterproof Footwear to the Allegheny Test
(TxTengu) - M
Locale: Seattle
I still haven't seen this podcast in my iTunes feed. Are there any plans to distribute it outside of the BPL site?
Ryan
Edited by TxTengu on 12/22/2008 12:34:13 MST.
(breaks) - M
Locale: Flat Ohio
+1 on the prior post -- not seeing this in iTunes. It looks like the most current BPL podcast in iTunes is from November 25th.
Anyone know why iTunes isn't showing the newer ones?