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Dressing for a ten degree rise between morning and afternoon
Short answer: If the temperature rises ten degrees from morning to afternoon, build your clothes like an onion. A thi...
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Dressing when the temperature rises fast during the day
Short answer: When the temperature rises fast, you need to be able to take clothes off along the way. Start with a th...
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Dressing when the temperature drops fast during the day
Short answer: When the temperature drops fast, the answer is layers you can put back on. Start with a thin layer, car...
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Friction between two layers of clothing
Short answer: When two layers slide against each other, they wear on each other instead of on the skin. That is one r...
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How the layers work in practice on a cold morning
Short answer: Three layers solve the job on a cold morning. The inner layer is thin and moves moisture away from the ...
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Why two thin layers warm more than one thick one
Short answer: Between two layers an extra air space forms. That space insulates in itself, and that is why two thin g...
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How moisture travels between two layers
Short answer: Moisture moves from the wet to the dry and from the warm to the cold. Two layers of clothing that touch...
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What happens to moisture under a jacket
Short answer: A tight jacket stops the air from changing. Sweat from the body cannot escape, collects in the layers u...
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When the jacket should come off
Short answer: Take the jacket off before you start to sweat, not afterwards. Sweat in the inner layer makes you cold ...
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One layer more or one layer less
Short answer: Take one more layer than you think you need, as long as it can come off. A layer you can take off is al...
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Which layer should be innermost
Short answer: The thinnest layer, and the one that sits closest. The job of the base layer is to move moisture away f...
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Lengths when you layer
Short answer: Let each layer end in a different place from the one below it. Equal lengths give a thick edge all the ...
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