Staying warm: how you lose heat and what to fix first
40 min
It is three in the afternoon in November. You twisted an ankle an hour ago on the descent, the drizzle has turned to steady rain, and the wind is coming over the ridge from the south-west. You have stopped to think. You are sitting on a wet boulder in a wet jacket, and within ten minutes you start to shiver.
In this lesson
Shelter is about heat, not a roof
The five ways heat leaves you
Which one is killing you fastest?
Sweat is the hidden enemy
Decide early, in daylight
Insulation from the ground
How to build ground insulation
Common mistakes with ground insulation
Bough beds and browse beds
Building a bough bed
Where the material comes from
Common mistakes with bough beds
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