Clothing and Apparel

Our Complicated History with Sports Bras

Trying a “Self Healing” Jacket

This Birkenstock Can Handle It All

How to Layer Right to Stay Dry ϳԹ

Why We Love the Gore R3 WindStopper Tights

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Oiselle Makes the Best Running Shirt

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Testing the Maloja Nutal Jacket

Why We Love the Red Wing Harriet Boots

How a Pro Musher Layers for Extreme Cold

Staff Picks: Patagonia Performance Jeans

Staff Picks:Wild Rye Mauna Kea Base Layers

The 101: Layering for Backcountry Skiing

Staff Picks: Carhartt Ear Flap Cap

How to Buy Ski Boots that Actually Fit

Holiday Giveaway: Kari Traa Rothe Fleece

7 Layering Essentials
How to Layer Right to Stay Dry ϳԹ
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During the early 2000s, the United States military began fighting a new type of war. Suddenly, units like Navy SEALs and others found themselves tasked with long duration operations in inhospitable, high elevation environments. You know, the kind of places normal folk like you and I play outside. As time went on, they found that they couldn’t stay dry as they went through high-exertion activity in those cold, wet places. That’s where John Barklow came in. Now working as the Big Game Product Manager for , Barklow was, at the time, tasked with training special operations forces in outdoor survival. Realizing that it was impossible to stay dry outdoors, he and retired Army Ranger Rick Elder set about developing a layering system that instead enabled those soldiers to get dry as fast as possible. And that’s an approach you can benefit from, too.