{"id":123,"date":"2005-11-16T06:05:47","date_gmt":"2005-11-16T11:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/?p=123"},"modified":"2008-01-28T09:42:28","modified_gmt":"2008-01-28T17:42:28","slug":"winter-camping-for-newbies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/2005\/11\/16\/winter-camping-for-newbies\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter camping for newbies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/groups.google.com\/group\/rec.backcountry\/browse_thread\/thread\/b344c1c7dbe1dd29\/\">rec.backcountry has an informative thread.  <\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>On the more concrete level: in winter camping\/travel moisture is your<br \/>\nenemy and your goal. Be warm through layers; keep dry through not<br \/>\noverlayering. Be able to ventilate without chilling; be able to hydrate<br \/>\nwithout excessive bodily moisture. Do not carry heavy volumes of liquid<br \/>\n&#8211; find it in your surroundings.  Have much liquid but moderate<br \/>\ncarbohydrates in your diet and recipes. Cook for protein first, liquid<br \/>\nsecond and carbohydrates last. Heat beverages for internal body warmth.<br \/>\nCarry backups to all your layered clothing options. Carry double rations<br \/>\nof any medications\/suppliments that are important to you, even the<br \/>\n1-a-day vitamins; your psyche needs them even when your body does not<br \/>\nand if there are unforseen delays you will be better prepared and<br \/>\nperhaps saved by any essential medications. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I&#8217;ve also heard it said that the best plan for winter camping is finding someplace dry to stow your gear till spring &#8212; but what fun would that be?  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>rec.backcountry has an informative thread. On the more concrete level: in winter camping\/travel moisture is your enemy and your goal. Be warm through layers; keep dry through not overlayering. Be able to ventilate without chilling; be able to hydrate without&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/2005\/11\/16\/winter-camping-for-newbies\/\">Read the whole thing<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}