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Report on Wind shirt and Pogies.

Rode bike Saturday in Alaska in - 14.5F! Was out for about 1 hour 20 minutes! Wore fishnets top, light poly shirt (similar to Wiggy's 2nd layer shirt) and then Wind shirt. Had no cold issues even with sweating! Pogies are warm. Been wearing fingerless cycling gloves with poly liner all winter. No cold hands. On feet was wearing Lamilite socks and new cycling pac boots where I switched out felt liners for Sunwalkers. Feet were fine despite wet liners by end of ride. This was the coldest I have ridden in here in Alaska. Previously coldest was only -13F.

Steve Pearson

BOOTIES

I want to thank you for your effective winter clothing. My wife is a skinny Russian that is always cold, especially her feet. I bought her the Booties a year ago in her favorite color purple because that's Weber States official color. She jumped all over me when I gifted her for Christmas in 2015, saying that I wasted my money. She wears them constantly around the house and has never complained about cold feet since. In fact she has them on now! In fact every night! Russian women are very proud people and will never admit their wrong. She's never said a positive word about the Booties, but her never complaining about cold feet again puts a smile on my face and I don't say a word. Also I want to thank you for the socks that I wear in the high country doing Sasquatch research. At times I'm at 10,000 on snowshoes with wet feet, but never cold feet. Even with snow down the boots my feet are warm. T hose Lamilite socks are truly amazing. I have many more of your products and love them all! Mark Whitton from Utah

Steve was the person who told me about the Pogies last year, so I did research into them and started to make them. He was the first person to buy them. I have to believe someone who bikes in Alaska every winter is a credible person to listen to when it comes to what works for this form of activity. Thank you Steve.

As for the booties, 2017/8 winter has been a banner year for Wiggy’s selling booties. Thank you for your business in general as well as the report Mark.

THE ARMY AND WINTER COMBAT EQUIPMENT AND CLOTHING

A retired Special Forces officer sent me an article about products noted in the title of this commentary.

The article in general offered no particular information about much of anything, but skis.

According to a Sargent I believe these news skis are so good that a person who has never skied can master them in ½ hour. The claim is the skis are shorter than they did or do use presently and wider. The fact that they are wider according to the Sargent is that this makes them more like cross country skis. With that remark makes me wonder about his experience as a skier. Aren’t cross country skis the skinniest of all skis? As far as I know the answer is yes.

I was already a pretty good skier when the GLM teaching started. Graduated Length Method, where you were put on skis not much longer than ice skates for one day. Day two was about 36 inch skis, day three 48 inches, and then full size for the rest of the week.

What I noted was the real fact that these students were ill prepared to ski down the bunny slopes because they lacked the preparedness of knowing in advance where they were going to turn. They had no control of their speed and the outcome was many injuries. I do not know how long this method lasted but I do know it is long gone.

I do not care that these soldiers are young healthy strong young men I think the military will see more accidents as a result of a lack of experience needed to know how to ski competently. If one could pick up the ability to ski competently in ½ hour we would all be Olympic quality skiers.

There was no conversation about the clothing products issued to the soldiers this winter but I am confident whatever was issued based upon prior knowledge of what they are looking at the soldiers were more than likely short changed on warmth.

I know that the Vermont and New Hampshire National Guard units are constantly cold all winter and the Alaska army units are cold. The problem is a simple one, the senior officers hands are tied; they cannot go into the market place and find products that actually work. I know these people have been told about Wiggy’s and the only way they can get Wiggy’s is if they spend their own money. I take great pride in having provided probably several thousand’s soldiers with my products over the past 30 years and unfortunately many of them have had to use their own money, but they have purchased products that do the job.

One last comment about cold weather clothing; if Wiggy's is good enough for almost all of the oil field workers in Alaska it is good enough for all people in Alaska. The workers are the ones who have chosen Wiggy's.