[–] TheBuddha [S] 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Almost, except it's awesome. It even encourages longer rides and wearing my safety equipment.
When I bought my first one, it was just a heated helmet and it was ungodly expensive. The prices have dropped a great deal, so now I have five heated suits and six heated helmets.
It'd probably help if I explained that I often have guests. I don't actually wear those all myself.
I even have a bunch of pairs of snowshoes, just in case. I've got them from children's size to like 350 pound max weight size. I even have some cross country skis! Though I don't have many pairs of boots.
I'm a bit slow right now, due to the smashed femur, but I still have two extra people living here and three additional guests. That's just my son who's still visiting and his lady friend and his best friend from high school. It's not unusual for me to have a half dozen people here. It's beautiful here.
[–] Gravspeed 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
Lol, I mean if it's really cold you could wear all 5 suits at once right? its going to be really hard to put on more than one helmet though...
[–] TheBuddha [S] 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
I suppose I could try. I'm not that bad with the cold. I'm good until about -10°. I'm fine, with appropriate gear, at temps higher than that. At about -20°, I start getting pissy. At -30°, I pretty much refuse to leave the house. The coldest I've seen was -43° and the wind was up around 40 mph, sustained. Gusts were higher. I forget the exact number, but I did the math and that's a windchill of like -95°. It was insane. It's deadly and our cold kills people every year.
At the same time, we have outfitting specialists who have all the right gear. Our hospitals all have special rooms to keep you frozen and warm you up over like 10 to 14 days. Most of us know when the cold is too cold and how long we can stay out in it. You can dress for it, and that's what people do.
I'm up above Rangeley, Maine. We've got a pretty neat microclimate and I'm at a much higher elevation than they are.
It's pretty awesome!