[pct-l] Cold Feet and Hands

[marge at prothman.org (Marge Prothman)]

Laura, this is what works for me, and I learned it in Nepal.
I have never had my cold feet or hands diagnosed, just accepted it
as cold feet and hands (or my age).

I always heat up some water and put it in my water bottle about half full.
I then use it in my sleeping bag as a hot water bottle along with a pair of
loose 
fitting socks.  The water does double duty as I use it the next day.
Again, for the hands I always have a light pair of gloves along with my hat
that is 
worn in bed.

It seems you can never count on the weather to be the same in all of the PCT
especially in the desert sections, where one year it snowed on us.

Cheers,
Marge   [The Old Gal]
http://www.prothman.org/marge 

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Subject: [pct-l] Cold Feet and Hands


Thanks for the advice about meeting people at the
Kick-Off! I definitly am excited for it, and don't
have cold feet about the trek....