When I was doing the mountain phase of ranger school we had an unexpected freezing rain and snow storm hit when we were patrolling. We didn't have good field gear, cotton field pants and field jackets, no ECWG back then. We were patrolling, so no sleeping bags or shelter halves. Some of us had ponchos with poncho liners tied onto them, but not enough to go around, not even any plastic wet weather gear. It was the worst night that I ever spent in the woods, but it graphically proved the truth of "mind over matter", that you could survive if you had the will to survive or you could die if you didn't.
