Quote Originally Posted by Cassandra_Cain View Post
Very novel thread here, I've enjoyed the varied responses.

I've never suffered from "ice-booty-ius"

My problems lie elsewhere...can you say numb hands and feet? yikes, now that's more where I have trouble
It feels like sitting in front of a campfire on a really cold night. Your whole front side (with the exception of the EVER cold hands) is warm, even sweaty and your backside, no matter how hard those glutes are working, is feeling icy. If only I could transplant some belly fat to the parts that need insulation when it's cold (or some enhancement? )!

The thermal shorts sound weird, I guess. The backside would be warmer but the crotch would get sweatier and it doesn't need to get sweatier in the freezing cold. That's why I don't think those thermal tights with the windproof panel in the crotch area would work for me either. I need to vent those areas.

What they need to make is a bolero for our bottom half!

I saw a jacket recently (maybe here on TE) with the greater protection in the arms and less in the core area. Now that makes sense to me - the core quickly gets hot and the arms never do.