Thanks for the advise WD. As you say I would not try to go on a winter trip below freezing temps without a lot of confidence in keeping my extremities warm. I have not had permanent issues from the years of my fingers and toes going numb other than when I injured a finger while working. It swelled up pretty good and cut the circulation off even more than usual. After a long evening of messing around in the snow with friends while camping at a cabin my hands went numb. That particular finger never came back in color or feeling all night and a few days later a scary amount of dead tissue came off the tip of the finger. Needless to say lesson learned on how close I am to the freezing point when the fingers turn white. shocked


Edited by jimmyb (12/03/13 04:50 PM)