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When the kid went up to Alaska to meet me during King season, how was I to know that I was suppose to pack his clothes as well?? He arrived and the weather was in the high 70's on our fly out. But its funny how the weather will change. With the rain, the temps dropped as well. Remember the comment about packing? He forgot to bring raingear. But he did bring the fleece and capilene. While fishing on the river the rain started coming down. I can still recall asking him about his raingear- "I forgot it." He stayed warm and dry though with those layers on without that outer shell.
A year later the kid went over to Paris with the HS band to participate in the New Years Day parade a few years back. We sent him with his Polartec fleece and capilene underwear and socks/gloves just in case. It was the coldest recorded New Years in 10 years. Kids were getting frost bit toes, etc by wearing cotton for insulation. The chaperones that went along didn't know what to do, but would not listen to a kid without a bit of frost bite on him- go figure.
When he got back, he told us about marching uphill in a protected area outside of Paris where he got a little warm and started to sweat under his uniform. When he hit the crest of the hill the blast of wind sent the wind chill factor even lower. The odd thing he noticed was when he took off his uniform, there was layer of ice on the outside of his fleece top where the perspiration had migrated away from his body. He was dry and warm, but noticed a gray tinge on some of the kids around him. That experience made a believer out of him.
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