Your experiences and what and how you move in the wild is exactly like mine. I also use sweat as a guide to being comfortable and instantly change my activity in the cold. I wear a hankerchief around my neck (cotten) as a wind break and air trapper. Depending on the weather, it comes off and will get tied to my head to absorb sweat. In the spring, summer and early fall I have to put up with sweating somewhat. I live in the high desert with canyons and mountains as terrain to go into.
So often I find myself looking at the ground when walking-hiking and then I remind myself to walk and NOT look at the ground. It is something that quite a few people have a hard--- if not impossible time ---doing. It can get you in trouble with a stumble or two but go slow. Your walking speed has to slow down as we're not as sure footed as a 4 legged creature who never looks down at the ground when meandering.
WRT Ipods or anything else that's used by a companion sport, it makes no difference to me what goes on as long as I don't have to put up with it. I hate radios on camping-hunting trips except to check the weather channel. Now that you guys can plug into ear phones and I don't have to listen to it, GREAT
Yep, I'm from the old school....having read too much of mountain men and the like and what they experienced. And I'm in no way a tough old fart mountain man type who thinks the high tech stuff doesn't have a place. I am too hedonistic and don't like to be uncomfortable but to add to this I like to bivy out and a poncho always goes with me in the fall and winter....for sure. The music I listen to doesn't need batteries.
I've almost covered the whole trail Lewis and Clark made while in Idaho and I vicariously relive those fantastic times. It all started with reading Stephen Ambrose's "Undaunted Courage" and I've got to say it's wonderful reading, IMO. Check it out !!!
