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their website Avalon business.org that's Avalon business.org. Hello welcome to another episode of Papa Bear Heights. Welcome to part

part two of our three part series on winter hiking.

Once again, we have with us a husband and wife team that has hiked all 35 peaks both in the winter and in the other three seasons.

They are their hike leaders, members of the Catskill 3,500 club.

I should have said that before. I said they hiked all 35 of the peaks in both seasons, but yes,

the 35 highest peaks in the Catskills.

Lori and Tom Rankin, welcome back.

Thank you.

And tonight we're going to talk about the proper clothing for winter hiking as well as gear. So let's start off with the clothing.

Well, a lot of people kind of get taken in by some advertising for clothing. It's like this. of

get taken in by some advertising for clothing. It's like this will keep you warm to 20 below and we're

always skeptical of those kinds of things.

Clothing, we think, for winter hiking

is best done in layers, several thin layers,

rather than one large heavy layer that might be good till 20 below.

The reason being that your pace changes over the course of a hike, the terrain changes over the course of the hike.

So you may find yourself for part of the day on a flat terrain

and then you may go up steeply and you'll be working harder on those

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