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Most of the fear of cotton is from its use as a base layer, not as an outer layer. Militaries around the world still use cotton heavily, but layered over wool (
by jerlam 3y ago
Most of the fear of cotton is from its use as a base layer, not as an outer layer. Militaries around the world still use cotton heavily, but layered over wool (in WW2) or polypropylene (modern) for colder weather.
- dogman144 3y agoYa and also those militaries have cold weather gear, scheduled conditions to switch into them, and aggressive measures for moisture control (to include no movements in goretex). Joe the hiker in cotton rarely does.