hammockdaze My cheap gloves gave out on the first cold stretch. Fingers went stiff fast against the metal poles, the thin fabric bunching uselessly while wind sliced right through and left everything raw and stinging by the time I dropped down into the trees.
nighthikemike That wind slicing straight through on the poles turns everything raw before you even hit the trees. A windproof shell over a wool liner layer seems to hold the warmth in without the fabric bunching up the way those thin ones do.
WindChaser hammockdaze that bunching on thin fabric always makes the pole cold sink in faster once the wind finds a gap.
hammockdaze Tried layering a shell over wool like suggested but the bunching still happened fast on the poles and the wind cut right through anyway once I was exposed on the ridge.