I’ll leave it with I’ve been in situations where people actually got trench foot, and pushed into hypothermia/cold casualties bc of starting in the afternoon wa

I’ll leave it with I’ve been in situations where people actually got trench foot, and pushed into hypothermia/cold casualties bc of starting in the afternoon warm and dry and finishing in the late night and wet/cold in the 40s/50s.I’ve been with people getting heat causality/heat stroke and neared it myself. The trench foot etc has nothing to do with cotton or synthetics, it’s being wet for days and days. I’ve seen people get it. I’d trust synthetic or wool socks to dry faster and hold their shape (blisters are just as bad) than cotton any day. Also nobody is overheating (or breaking the bank) in Darntough socks. Your assumptions on moisture and temp management are based on an assumption of environmental control that doesn’t exist in the outdoors. The margin of error is very small for slipping into chilly and then cold as hell, and it happens quickly. Lack of durable synthetics (which I’ve never had give out on me, inspect your equipment prior to leaving lol) vs durable but risky cotton is a silly trade off, in this light. Heat stroke, the actual type that’s bad, gets prevented from pounding salted water and ice sheets. For it to get this far such that it happens, no amount of sweaty cool cotton will help it. I say this as someone who learned the hard way as well or watched others did. I am an Eagle Scout, was in a combat branch in the army for a while, been in very hot places for very long, seen trench foot, heat cats, cold cats galore.