I used something like fingerless gloves in fairly low temperatures in
south Germany in winter. I was on a winter survival exercise in the
mid-80s in temperatures between -10 and -22C with gloves that were
just covers for the back of the hand. The palm was bare and the
"gloves" were held on with loops around thumb, forefinger and little
finger.
They were gloves that were stored in the survival pack of the ejection
seat and we were issued with them as the training was all about
survival after ejection. I still have the gloves and I used them a
couple of weeks ago, although I don't think that I would be able to
use them in temperatures like that now.
The training was also for avoiding capture. After 3 nights in those
temperatures, sleeping in bags and tepees made from parachutes, we
walked out in the evening to make a RV at around 0400, with German ski
troops after us. Our team of 3 found a friendly deer-herd who
provided us with shelter for a couple of hours, beer and jam
sandwiches, before driving us to a point around 1km short of the RV.
So those gloves have sentimental value as well ... ;-)
Chris
On 17 Jan 2009, at 15:08, Joel Wilcox wrote:
> Thanks Chris. I'll try to learn more about them. Still, I'm
> skeptical. We're talking about temps which are well below the "too
> cold for fingerless gloves" stage. Gloves that are reasonably warm
> and yet supple enough to work a camera at your -5c range are apt to be
> very unsatisfactory at your -20c range.
>
> Joel W.
>
> On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 1:19 AM, Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>> I have a pair of Sealskinz, Joel, for when it's too cold for my
>> fingerless gloves.
>>
>> They're not too difficult to shoot in, but my best gloves are green
>> military ones (which of course I use only on duty). They come with
>> "Combat Soldier 95" uniform and are knitted material of some sort
>> with
>> rubber-type pimples for grip on the inside of the hand (palm-side).
>> For their size they are warm -- amazing considering how useless some
>> of our troops' uniform has turned out to be in extreme climates.
>
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