How to Dress for Camping

Laura: Hello, I am just looking into what we need to wear when we were in dry weather and I like to share something with you. Basically three layers are required to adequately protect the body. Each of these three layers performs as specific function, so layering specific functions. I think we need to look to Dick to help us out here. Hey Dick, can you come in here please? Dick: I will be delighted. Laura: What with your pad? Dick: Yes, comfort and insulation on the bottom. Laura: Of course. Dick Now the three layers that you mention, okay. Layer number one—a good insulating and wicking underwear Laura: Okay Dick: This one is all—a very fine stuff. Then the next layer for warmth—this is layer number two, alright. Layer number three—hold that warmth around you, prevent the wind from grabbing it as well as other elements. Laura: Right, so three layers with three different functions. First layer is to keep the moisture to wick away the moisture from the skin. The second layer is to keep warmth into the body. And the third layer is to protect the body from wind or rain basically the elements around the body. Dick: Hey, you go it. Laura I want to show you some options here in layer number one. Laura: Okay. Dick: I get my hat off. Here for the tops-silk or synthetic, for cooler weather but not cold. Then wool comes as it is getting a bit colder, same thing from the bottom, synthetic or silk and again or wool. Laura: And then the purpose is to wick away the moisture right? Dick Yes and to insulate. Laura: Okay great. Dick: Alright now, layer number two for warmth, pure wool heavier than we look up before, alright and fleece. This is of course, everybody loves fleece and give an excellent warmth producer as well. Laura: Is quite popular two fleeces, I think a lot of our viewers probably have this. Dick Right, and now on the bottom I have here a cotton pant phased with a very tough material to keep from wearing out the knees in camping, down around the fire, kneeling in the canoe, whatever it maybe. And here, for colder weather going into fall and winter worsted wool—extremely tough also warm, wears like iron. I have a pair of these over 20 years old. Now, layer number three… Laura: Dick, can I just clarify here, our second layer is to keep the warmth into our body. Dick: Well, it is gave us really the insulation the thickness so that we have something to layer the warmth, right? Laura: Right. Dick Now here, we go into the third layer. Laura: Right Dick: Which is protection from the elements—wind. This is the short we look at to begin, whether light duty. This one is much heavier duty and it is also longer it gives you protection down over the hips and it has a hood. So now, in heavier wind conditions or colder temperatures this functions beautifully and then third layer for the bottom, a pair of nylon wind pants. And of course, it has the same functions that those other things do in the third layer—elements and wind. Laura: Right. So I guess overall, for our viewer to really understand, remember that we need three layers is absolutely critical overall. Dick Right, yes. Laura: Now, if we can also remember what those layers involve, the first layer is to wick away the moisture from the skin and to insulate. The second layer is to keep the warmth in our body, right? The last layer, the third layer, is to protect ourselves from the elements primarily wind. Dick Right and it also holds the warmth around the body. Laura: Okay great! Dick: You got it Laura: Listen, I got something in the book that I want wanted to read you. I was little confused about--