Factors that Increase the Risk of Hypothermia.

An understanding of the factors that may boost your chance of hypothermia is critical for safety and welfare in outdoors. Recognising the possibility or presence of these contributors is one of the 'softer ' skills of remote country bushcraft.

Insufficient clothing has been implicated in numerous cases of hypothermia. Being wet through significantly elevates your heat loss. Add to this insufficient or a total lack of windproof clothing on a breezy day and you can rapidly envisage a disaster

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