Field Notes
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Why Jerry Always Answered the Phone
ANSWERING THE PHONEFrom the time I established Wiggy’s Inc. I answered the phone, to the surprise of countless customers.I did not want to see Wiggy’s go by the wayside so... -
How Word of Mouth Built Wiggy's
THE BEST PRESENT I COULD EVER GETBefore I tell you what it is I have to give you some historical background.In 1968 when the factory I represented started to make... -
Why Footwear Is Your Most Important Cold Gear
THE MOST IMPORTANT ARTICLE OF CLOTHING YOU CAN WEARI wrote years ago that the most important item you take into the field is a sleeping bag. If it is a... -
Lost in a Blizzard: Three Days on Fossil Ridge
MY EXPERIENCE GETTING LOSTThe year was November 1995 when I got lost while hunting here in Colorado. I wrote up the story because my friend and guide Rudy Rudibaugh told... -
What to Wear in the Cold, Head to Toe
COOLING AND WARMING THE HUMAN BODY AND WHAT IS THE BEST CLOTHING TO WEARThe human body is approximately 65 percent water. The human body contains about 3 trillion pores. The... -
How to Keep Your Feet Warm in Winter
Jerry:As a younger man, military and as civilian, I have had feet and hands so cold that knowing I had toes and fingers required my looking at each one to... -
Dry at 60 Below: A Hunter on the Fossil Ridge Parka
The fellow who is noted in this letter did not understand why the moisture he was giving off was retained, and it certainly wasn’t because he was out of shape.... -
How to Pack and Use Your Sleeping Bag for Warm Nights
USING A SLEEPING BAG & PACKING IT All sleeping bags come with stuff sacks. However, many people don’t understand that a stuff sack is made to hold the sleeping bag... -
How Heat Loss Works and How Insulation Stops It
Here is my observation of how best to stay comfortably warm in cold conditions. Controlling heat loss is primary to staying comfortable. But first what exactly is insulation? Dead air... -
Staying Warm on the Water: Marine Wear Basics
In 1968 I learned to sail from the Off Shore Sailing School located on City Island, N.Y. With this new knowledge I went out and bought a sail boat; 28... -
Why Sweat Is Your Biggest Enemy in the Cold
How many of you have ever heard of Gerry Cunningham? Gerry opened a company that you may have heard of in the late 1940?s after WW2 name GERRY OUTDOOR PRODUCTS...