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woodchucker[_3_]

On 1/8/2017 10:23 PM, wrote:
On 09 Jan 2017 01:21:50 GMT, Puckdropper
puckdropper(at)yahoo(dot)com wrote:

wrote in news:cch57c5rdmrke7s50afkjcalcnfuevb85o@
4ax.com:

With some of today's high-tech winterware you don't have to look like
the Michelin Man to be warm - and when it gets up above about 110 with
humidity around 95% taking ALL your clothes off doesn't make you cool
(in more ways than one)

Remember - from below -- My experience. .As the temperature and
humidity go up, the speed and efficiency go WAY down. Even a 30MPH hot
wind does NOTHING to cool you down!!! Standing in the spray of Mosi O
Tunya cools you down temporarily - but you are not going to get any
work done standing on the knife-back bridge.

You may find that having some clothing on is actually more effective than
being "without apparel". (Twister reference there.) Things like
moisture wicking materials can make sweating more effective.

I could be wrong, though, but I prefer the moisture wicking shirt when
playing roller hockey. I can tell you that I don't feel as drenched as I
would without a shirt.

Puckdropper
At 90+%rh the wicking really doesn't help. The only advantage to
clothing is shade and helping to prevent sun-burn. Under the hot
African sun you can burn through a light cotton shirt in a very short
time.

I didn't know that (burn through a shirt).
I did buy a sn block shirt, but just to keep the suns heat off. I have
played VB in the blistering heat with it , and noticed that it really
does keep the heat off you. Long sleave and all.

--
Jeff

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