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[mmcnealy]

Very cool article, but those of us who wear natural fibers at events and on a regular basis could have told them this, without them going to Everest. :)

Replica clothes pass Everest test
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/5076634.stm

"Over the past few weeks, climber Graham Hoyland has been putting the old-style clothing worn on the fateful Mallory expedition to the ultimate field test on the world's highest mountain.

Wearing replica gear made from gabardine, wool, cotton and silk, he wanted to disprove the common myth that the 1920s climbers were ill-equipped to reach the summit.

"This is just another brick in my wall of evidence," Hoyland said.

Following the discovery of Mallory's body on the north face of Everest in 1999, a team of forensic textile experts from Lancaster, Leeds, Southampton and Derby universities embarked on an experiment to recreate the outfit from samples of Mallory's clothing which had been preserved in ice."

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[chargirlgenius.livejournal.com]

Reminds me of a story... I don't remember the details, but the gist of it was that there were people recreating a viking "cruise". Most of the people wore goretex, and other modern materials. The reenactor wore wool. Guess which guy *wasn't* miserable? :-)

[merastra.livejournal.com]

Ooooh, cool article. Now I want my own wool trenchcoat even more. :-)

[barb-costuming.livejournal.com]

It also proves once again that nature really does know better then we do. *g* Great Article!