Bulrush...

Thanks for being a willing student... you've taken the advice offered very well <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Here is a link to information on cold weather injuries that I prepared for the Boy Scouts a year ago... item #11 is a powerpoint presentation that you might find helpful. Yes, it does address extreme cold weather as we see in AK, but much of the information is still relevant to your conditions. I'm giving essentially the same presentation again this year, except I will be updating some of the information to reflect some things I've learned about hypothermia this year (i.e. poor judgement can begin at a higher core temperature -- 97.5 F -- than usually presented... something I've witnessed first hand).

MNS