GearToMountaineer

The idea of this post is, to show you some different types of gloves, what I like and what I dislike, how they fit, about material...  - maybe you cand gain some useful infomration. Different types of gloves Gloves for summer, for winter, for work, for combat... If you want to check out a lot of mind-blowing information about gloves, their history and whatsoever, check out the article on wikipedia about gloves . (Also great if you have a lot of free time and no idea what you should do now)  Winter gloves (and mittens)  Do I have to explain, why we sometimes need to wear gloves in the cold months of the year?  Well, even when this should not be the "thing" to be concerned about: Frostbite If you have you free skin in contact with the cold air around, you can get frostbite. (not immediatly, but after some time). Another point: you will loose your feeling, e.g. for pain, or for some fiddly tasks. All this can be prevented by wearing gloves.  The...

The Head is often overlooked when putting together your equipment for a trip in the beautiful mountains. Never forget to bring an appropriate headwear... low temperaturs: Our head is heavily supplied with blood and poorly insulated. When you have sweat a lot, wet hair won't help with insulating and our body loses a lot of warmth. Even with good insulated clothing on the rest of our body we can't compensate this loss.  A very important fact: you never freeze on your head, so you won't even notice that you lose so much warmth over your head (and warmth means energy). Wearing a cap in your sleeping bag also reduces the heat loss of your body.  Caps/hats for cold weather: You can use all sorts of fleece or wool caps you like. They should cover your ears and be thick enough to be windproof.  Examples Merino Wool watch cap: I have two of these and I like them very much, comfortable to wear, very warm... a normal wool cap, but it's made from merino wool....

Headwear: Summer:              M36 Field Cap (finnish military surplus)              or (depending on the weather)              Särmä Field Cap (Polycotton M36 repro) Winter:               Merino Wool watch cap (Varusteleka Särmä)              or (depending on the weather)              M36 Field Cap  Scarves/Tubes: Obviously I use them only in the cold winter months:              Merino Wool tube (Varusteleka Särmä) Upper Body: I will start with baselayer and work my way outside to the outer shell. How much layers I wear depends on the weather - temperature, rain etc.  Summer:               Layer 1: Coolmax T-Shirt (Varusteleka Särmä)             ...