Climbing in extreme cold

[Jay]

Wear a Buff. ok it wont keep you really warm but every little helps and you can wear it loads of different weird ways.

[Linda]

I've just got some thermals from Smartwool that had some nice features for the ladies. Icebreaker do thermals for all occasions, from 150 to 260g per square metre, if you get a few different ones it means you will stay warm in all kinds of cold weather. I've almost completely stopped wearing cotton for work or sports, even in the summer, normal t-shirts are just so rubbish in comparison to high performance fabrics. Worth every penny, I'd say.

 

Are there any regulations in the US for working in the cold? I know at one stage the Swedish equivalent of HSE didn't recommend prolonged outdoor work unless warmer than -12 degrees Celsius. Often I've found though that with the wind it'll be more like -20 at that stage...

[Steve Bullman]

right linda....its always the wind that gets ya!

[Jamie]

up here it aint that cold i just add another t shirt. normally i'm out in 2 t shirts and a fleece or if its windy or wet 2 t shirts and a waterproof jacket (unlined) my hands and feet get cold but my legs onl get cold when they get wet

 

Jamie

[Peter]

Nice big thick comfy pads on your spikes help keep the lower legs warm,especially on those long boring pruning jobs.

[Linda]

Nice big thick comfy pads on your spikes help keep the lower legs warm,especially on those long boring pruning jobs.

 

Pruning with spikes, eh Peter?!

[skyhuck]

Nice big thick comfy pads on your spikes help keep the lower legs warm,especially on those long boring pruning jobs.

 

Is this a winedup?puning?spikes:scared:

[Jamie]

most trees i prune get a reduce to 4 inch prune witha 10% verticle coronet cut

 

and most of teh time i dont tie in to top em out

 

Jamie

[skyhuck]

most trees i prune get a reduce to 4 inch prune witha 10% verticle coronet cut

 

and most of teh time i dont tie in to top em out

 

Jamie

 

You've lost me:crazy:

[Jamie]

 

topping out another prune

 

Jamie