Danehunter
Well-Known Member
Had to leave my hunt in northern Nevada's Jarbrige Wilderness area early B/C I was afraid I'd get stuck in the snow with my Prius V wagon.
Yeah, I know, totally wrong vehicle but it's all I have. Sold my 2007 Toyota RAV 4 4WD in Feb. 2014 for the Prius. Then a year later Toyota comes out with a hu=ybrid RAV 4. Arrggghh! Guess what my next vehicle will be.
Now to the footwear story. I wore Merrill GTX Moab Mid boots. The days it snowed I wore US Divers thin neoprene divers' sox over thin poly liner socks. then I wore GTX know-high gaiters ofer the boots.
Together the combo gave me comfortable feet for sitting for long periods in cold, windy weather at 9,000 feet. Every night I turned the neoprene sox inside out to dry, then later put them in my sleeping bag to stay warm for morning. The liner sox were hung in my solo Moment DW tent and they dried overnight. I wore heavy wool socks for sleeping.
The beauty of the divers' sox is that they are also a VBL (Vapor Barrier Liner) that keeps sweat vapor from wetting the inside of your boots. This keeps them dry and much warmer than if they were soaked with sweat.
BTW, "sitting for long periods" requires a closed cell foam sit pad. I got one from REI and cut it in half. "Double wide" butts may want the whole pad. ;o) When walking the pad goes in my day pack against my back.
Eric B.
Yeah, I know, totally wrong vehicle but it's all I have. Sold my 2007 Toyota RAV 4 4WD in Feb. 2014 for the Prius. Then a year later Toyota comes out with a hu=ybrid RAV 4. Arrggghh! Guess what my next vehicle will be.
Now to the footwear story. I wore Merrill GTX Moab Mid boots. The days it snowed I wore US Divers thin neoprene divers' sox over thin poly liner socks. then I wore GTX know-high gaiters ofer the boots.
Together the combo gave me comfortable feet for sitting for long periods in cold, windy weather at 9,000 feet. Every night I turned the neoprene sox inside out to dry, then later put them in my sleeping bag to stay warm for morning. The liner sox were hung in my solo Moment DW tent and they dried overnight. I wore heavy wool socks for sleeping.
The beauty of the divers' sox is that they are also a VBL (Vapor Barrier Liner) that keeps sweat vapor from wetting the inside of your boots. This keeps them dry and much warmer than if they were soaked with sweat.
BTW, "sitting for long periods" requires a closed cell foam sit pad. I got one from REI and cut it in half. "Double wide" butts may want the whole pad. ;o) When walking the pad goes in my day pack against my back.
Eric B.