What to wear when flying

On Mar 27, 4:30 pm, john smith wrote:

The backpackers mantra is "Cotton kills!"

Yeah.. one of those "sayings" that everyone parrots, with little
justification.

While cotton socks are pretty much worthless -- once they're wet,
hello blisters -- the super fabrics aren't a whole lot better.

That saying probably had its genesis in some North Face or Mountain
hardware guerrilla marketing campaign.


Dan Mc

I guess husband's suggestion of nude was self serving, huh?

On Mar 27, 4:57 pm, Dan wrote:
On Mar 27, 4:30 pm, john smith wrote:



The backpackers mantra is "Cotton kills!"

Yeah.. one of those "sayings" that everyone parrots, with little
justification.

While cotton socks are pretty much worthless -- once they're wet,
hello blisters -- the super fabrics aren't a whole lot better.

That saying probably had its genesis in some North Face or Mountain
hardware guerrilla marketing campaign.

Dan Mc

"Tina" wrote in message
...

I guess husband's suggestion of nude was self serving, huh?

Certainly not! I'm SURE he was strictly interested in your comfort and
safety.

-c

On Mar 27, 5:34 pm, Tina wrote:
I guess husband's suggestion of nude was self serving, huh?


Nope.

A critical requirement all aviators adhere too. ATC won't let you take
off otherwise.

(Now tell him he owes me)


Dan Mc

Dan wrote:

On Mar 27, 4:30 pm, john smith wrote:

The backpackers mantra is "Cotton kills!"

Yeah.. one of those "sayings" that everyone parrots, with little
justification.

While cotton socks are pretty much worthless -- once they're wet,
hello blisters -- the super fabrics aren't a whole lot better.


My understanding is that wool is the best for socks, if you are worried
about getting wet.

On Sat, 29 Mar 2008 11:27:04 -0400, Saville
wrote:



My understanding is that wool is the best for socks, if you are worried
about getting wet.


My outdoor experience bears that out.

On Mar 29, 11:27 am, Saville wrote:

My understanding is that wool is the best for socks, if you are worried
about getting wet.

A long time ago I was an instructor for the Army Officer Candidate
School (OCS). Early in the program we made it very clear -- no cotton
socks, issue wool only.

Of course some thought they were exempt, so on mile 5 of a 10 mile
road march the route happens to go through a stream.

Guess who had blisters?

Right -- all the cotton sock wearers.

Wool doesn't keep you dry, BUT it lets the water retained by the sock
warm to body temperature as it slowly evacuates (like a dog's coat).

No one was killed by cotton, but they were certainly uncomfortable and
those that blistered, ineffective.

Dan Mc