Winter Running and Skiing Without the Chill

WINTER RUNNING AND OTHER OUTDOOR PURSUITS

Running during the winter is popular. I received a call from a customer ordering fishnets for his wife to wear while she is running. They live in Mass.

I have skied and hunted in the winter season and wore my fishnets to keep from getting a chill when I generated sweat. My skiing has been downhill for 40 years and once, I repeat once I cross country skied. That day I produced as much sweat as I did in 40 years of downhill skiing. Again I was wearing my fishnets so when we stopped for lunch and rested I was the only one not getting a chill.

Close knit base layer underwear is often made from wool or a variety of polyester knits. What you should know is the vapor condenses very quickly and if the fabric is wool it is absorbed very quickly, or if synthetic the vapor again condenses but is not absorbed by the polyester. The end result is a person ultimately getting a chill when the person stops the activity and rests.

Countless times I have ridden chair lifts with people who were nice and warm when they came down the hill but when they got on the chair lift they started shivering because the moisture that they put out when coming down the hill had been trapped next to their skin surface by the close knitted first layer of clothing, and that very same layer they purchased because they believed it was going to "wick" the moisture away.

It matters not to me what one chooses to do in the outdoors during the winter season, wearing fishnet underwear is going to make your activity much more enjoyable.