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the good life | great outdoors
I grew up hunting with my dad in northern Wisconsin, wearing
his hand-me-downs and layers I already owned. This consisted of
lots of flannel, plenty of cotton, and army surplus wool layers. I
didn’t know at the time how much the cotton layers were pre-
venting me from staying warm. I also didn’t fully appreciate how
much better fitting outer layers would have helped either. The
problem being that I started out wearing too many of the wrong
10% OFF type of layers and working too hard because of the ill-fitting lay-
ers. I got cold because I worked up a sweat and then tried to stay
Made-to-Order Salads, warm in damp layers while sitting still. I got three things wrong.
Smoothies & Wellness Elixirs Overdressing for my activity being the primary mistake, cotton
+ Wellness & Body Care Items being the second one, and ill-fitting layers being the third.
WELLNESS Always dress for your activity level. If you are comfortable for
Wednesdays the first 5-10 minutes, you are overdressed. You should be a little
chilly until your body warms up with your activity. Ideally, you
shouldn’t have to shed layers. You should add layers when you stop
to take a break in order to stay warm. Staying warm is infinitely
easier to do than getting warm again after getting chilled.
Cotton belongs in a category all by itself. One of the unique char-
acteristics of cotton is that when damp or wet it actively pulls heat
away from your body. During summer here in Southern Oregon,
that property is ideal. Over the winter that property can kill you!
945 S Riverside Ave • (541)779-2667 Ill-fitting clothing can make the proper clothing not work the way
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like they should. All that extra fabric also leads to excess weight
that you lug around, thus causing excess sweating. In the case of
my early hunting career, the army surplus wool pants would have
Compassion and Experience been perfect. The reason they weren’t is because my dad is five
If you’re looking for a urologist you can feel comfortable with, inches shorter than me and had 80 pounds on me. Now I regu-
come see why the team at Rogue Valley Urology is known and larly wear wool in the backcountry and love the way it performs.
trusted throughout Southern Oregon and Northern California.
Kadi-Ann Bryan, MD • Tom Bui, MD Bryant Helgeland is the owner/operator of Mountain
Patrick Davol, MD • Suzanne Bernardo, PA-C Provisions, on the Plaza in Ashland. Active in several
outdoor sports (Telemark skiing, XC Skiing, Road and
Mountain biking, Hiking, Backpacking, Kayaking),
he has been a seminar speaker on many of those
activities. He attended a NOLS (National Outdoor
Leadership School) semester trip to Chile shortly after college. During
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high school he was a counselor at YMCA outdoor camps. Contact him at
bryant@ashlandmountainprovisions.com or the store’s Facebook page.
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