Good stuff, Erik.

My stuff is typically cheap stuff found in local farm stores and surplus outlets since it gets ripped up on wire and otherwise abused and tossed out.

When skiing I normally carry four pair of gloves and mitts so I always have a dry pair not soaked by sweat or snow. Two weeks ago I stupidly brought only two and more stupidly wore my heavies during the climb and they were soaked in sweat, then for some calls switched to my shooting gloves but when I went back to my heavies they were solid, hard iceboards. I had to drop them down my anorak for a few miles before they softened up, and by that time my hands were totally numb in my thin shooting gloves so I had to stick my hands down my pants for a while to get some feeling back before I could put on the heavies again and then had to fight the wet for the rest of the day.

As Amundsen said, cold isn't your worst enemy, sweat is.