Cross country skiing and Eye wear?????

Booker C. Bense wrote:
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I go into the mountains where if there is a trail is it a hiker's trail. The
trail is thin, the trees are close to the edge of the trails and there are
steep hills. At times it is slow, hard work and I get fairly sweaty. The pay
off for me is the solitude, the peace and the thrill of going where few
others will go.

I have two pair of wraparound glasses that don't work at all, not even when
I am on the flat as they fog. I have never tried goggles.

_ Goggles will be much, much worse. Even the best don't ventilate
as well as sunglasses. Many XC racers use a kind of tiltable
shield glass rather than standard sunglasses.

I find I have the same problem with fog on my lenses when running. Makes me
wish some genius would solve this problem and makes me wonder what the
skiers are using in Turin.


_ The only way to truly solve this problem is to wear less or
more breathable clothes. Basically what's happening is that a lot
of moist air is coming up around your neck and contacts the
cold lenses and condenses. Goretex is the primary culprit.
Fogging glasses is a sign of being overdressed, when your glasses
start fogging take off a layer of clothes.

_ Booker C. Bense



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This sound like the right track to me. I perspire a lot, but don't have
fogging trouble with eyeglasses or wraparound (prescription) sunglasses;
except when I wear a balaclava and enough of my breath is directed in
the direction of the lenses.
Look at what you normally wear, and see if your movement pumps air from
inside your jacket up toward your glasses.
More breathable is good also; I really like Sporthill stuff.
gr

On Fri, 24 Feb 2006 04:46:50 GMT, gr
wrote:

Booker C. Bense wrote:
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_ The only way to truly solve this problem is to wear less or
more breathable clothes. Basically what's happening is that a lot
of moist air is coming up around your neck and contacts the
cold lenses and condenses. Goretex is the primary culprit.
Fogging glasses is a sign of being overdressed, when your glasses
start fogging take off a layer of clothes.

_ Booker C. Bense

This sound like the right track to me. I perspire a lot, but don't have
fogging trouble with eyeglasses or wraparound (prescription) sunglasses;
except when I wear a balaclava and enough of my breath is directed in
the direction of the lenses.
Look at what you normally wear, and see if your movement pumps air from
inside your jacket up toward your glasses.
More breathable is good also; I really like Sporthill stuff.
gr

As Booker says, the root problem is that if your body is overheated,
fogging is far more likely. Ideally, you would want to adjust layers
so that you are slightly on the cool side of medium.

I have been very happy with the soft shell fabrics as a skiing layer,
such as the Schoeller Dryskin. Seems to handle a wider range of temps
and activity levels than other fabric layering systems.

Also, for fine tuning warmth more simply, besides the warm hat, I have
a lightweight pullover hat, and often a fleece earband for in between
a warm hat and no hat.
Happy trails,
Gary (net.yogi.bear)
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At the 51st percentile of ursine intelligence

Gary D. Schwartz, Needham, MA, USA
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